公开(公告)号：US09320980B2

公开(公告)日：2016-04-26

申请号：US13664384

申请日：2012-10-30

申请人： Modular Robotics Incorporated

发明人： Eric Schweikardt ,  Jonathan Hiller

IPC分类号： A63H33/04

CPC分类号： A63H33/04 ,  A63H33/042 ,  A63H33/046

摘要： A construction kit comprises a plurality of building modules, wherein at least one of the building modules is functional and adapted to perform a specific behavior. In some embodiments, each of the building modules includes at least one connection face adapted to pass either data or power from a first face of a first building module to a first face of a second building module. In certain other embodiments, each connection face of the building modules is electrically connected with each of the other faces. The kit includes at least one connector adapted to couple the at least one functional module to at least one other module while providing up to three degrees of freedom between the functional module and the at least one other module.

摘要翻译： 建筑套件包括多个建筑模块，其中至少一个建筑模块是功能性的并且适于执行特定行为。 在一些实施例中，构建模块中的每一个包括适于将数据或功率从第一构建模块的第一面传递到第二构建模块的第一面的至少一个连接面。 在某些其他实施例中，建筑模块的每个连接面与每个其他面电连接。 该套件包括至少一个适于将至少一个功能模块耦合到至少一个其它模块的连接器，同时在功能模块和至少一个其它模块之间提供高达三个自由度。

公开(公告)号：US20130109267A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13664384

申请日：2012-10-30

申请人： MODULAR ROBOTICS INCORPORATED

发明人： Eric Schweikardt ,  Jonathan Hiller

IPC分类号： A63H33/04

CPC分类号： A63H33/04 ,  A63H33/042 ,  A63H33/046

摘要： A construction kit comprises a plurality of building modules, wherein at least one of the building modules is functional and adapted to perform a specific behavior. In some embodiments, each of the building modules includes at least one connection face adapted to pass either data or power from a first face of a first building module to a first face of a second building module. In certain other embodiments, each connection face of the building modules is electrically connected with each of the other faces. The kit includes at least one connector adapted to couple the at least one functional module to at least one other module while providing up to three degrees of freedom between the functional module and the at least one other module.

摘要翻译： 建筑套件包括多个建筑模块，其中至少一个建筑模块是功能性的并且适于执行特定行为。 在一些实施例中，构建模块中的每一个包括适于将数据或功率从第一构建模块的第一面传递到第二构建模块的第一面的至少一个连接面。 在某些其他实施例中，建筑模块的每个连接面与每个其他面电连接。 该套件包括至少一个适于将至少一个功能模块耦合到至少一个其它模块的连接器，同时在功能模块和至少一个其它模块之间提供高达三个自由度。

公开(公告)号：US20170004717A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-05

申请号：US15264044

申请日：2016-09-13

申请人： Modular Robotics Incorporated

发明人： Eric Schweikardt ,  Mark D. Gross

IPC分类号： G09B1/36 ,  A63H33/04 ,  G09B23/00

CPC分类号： G09B1/36 ,  A63H33/04 ,  A63H33/042 ,  B25J9/1617 ,  G05B2219/40302 ,  G05B2219/40304 ,  G09B19/00 ,  G09B23/00 ,  G09B25/00

摘要： An educational construction kit and methods are disclosed. The kit may have a plurality of blocks, each one of the blocks having an integral block data flow, a power exchange, and a structural connector side. Each one of the plurality of blocks may have (a) reprogrammable software to enable end-users to reprogram a unique and a specific behavior of each of the plurality of blocks; and (b) an embedded electronic device with a microcontroller that processes the reprogrammable software to instruct the respective block to perform the unique and the specific behavior. Interconnection of two or more blocks of the plurality of blocks may form a distributed communication network. At least one block of the plurality of blocks may include an additional component to allow the block to perform a different behavior from at least one other block.

摘要翻译： 公开了教育建设工具和方法。 套件可以具有多个块，每个块具有积分块数据流，电力交换和结构连接器侧。 多个块中的每个块可以具有（a）可重新编程的软件，以使最终用户能够重新编程所述多个块中的每一个的唯一性和特定行为; 和（b）具有微控制器的嵌入式电子设备，其处理可编程软件以指示相应的块执行独特的和具体的行为。 多个块中的两个或多个块的互连可以形成分布式通信网络。 多个块中的至少一个块可以包括附加组件，以允许块与至少一个其他块执行不同的行为。