Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Robert A. Burtalaff
  • Fault tolerant connection system for transiently connectable modular elements
    Patent number: 6233502
    Abstract: A system and method for transiently connecting modular elements of a self movable robot. The self movable robot is known as metamorphosing robots, polymorphic robots, shape changing robots, or morphable structures. The modular elements can act together to build a structure to perform a given task. Each modular robotic module contains a mechanism allowing for communication and transfer of power between adjacent modules, and defining a robot whole to be all the modules in one connected component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Mark H. Yim