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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark H. Yim, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Samuel B. Homans, Oakland, CA (US);
David G. Duff, Woodside, CA (US);
Kimon D. Roufas, Mountain View, CA (US);
John W. Suh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 3/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 3/304 ;
Abstract
An assemblage of robotic modules for a toy construction system includes a plurality of robotic modules, each of which contains memory capability, an actuator, communication means, and a central processor unit. The assemblage also includes a distributed control unit, which is defined at least in part by a plurality of individual central processing units, with each individual robotic module having at least one central processing unit.