Patents by Inventor Dominic Letourneau

Dominic Letourneau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040168837
    Abstract: A modular robotic platform is provided having four legs mounted to a body. Each of the legs is mounted to the body via a steering assembly so as to pivot in a first plane relatively to the body. Each leg includes an endless track assembly having a first wheel, a drive system for driving the first wheel, a second wheel, an endless track for rotatably coupling the second wheel to the first wheel, and a track tensioning assembly for pivoting the leg in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. Each leg includes a locomotion controller and a local environment recognition module. Synchronisation of the legs is achieved by a central controller, which gathers data information from each leg through a synchronisation bus. A coordination bus allows to exchange data information between different modules of the robotic platform, including the legs, the central control system and other systems or modules such as an energizing system, a pitch gauge system, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Universite de Sherbrooke
    Inventors: Francois Michaud, Dominic Letourneau, Martin Arsenault, Yann Bergeron, Richard Cadrin, Frederic Gagnon, Marc-Antoine Legault, Mathieu Millette, Jean-Francois Pare, Marie-Christine Tremblay, Serge Caron, Jonathan Bisson, Pierre Lapage, Yan Morin, Martin Deschambault, Hugues Rissmann