A coordinated
control system designed with a
small form factor that can be located within a
robot or an automated inline manufacturing
system, comprising: an
on board advanced distributed control hardware configured with
artificial intelligence enabled processors incorporated within a
System on Module (SOM) board, each SOM comprising four processors or nodes; interfaced with a cameras, motors,
general purpose I / O through I2C expander, audio interface, Internet,
wireless communication such as WiFi and
Bluetooth to send and receive commands and any other data; electrically connected to a plurality of sensors for perceiving the environment and collecting data from
infrared, tactile, proximity and other types of sensors; an external host flashing computer dedicated for uploading / downloading
firmware,
cloning and configuration setup; a non-
volatile memory for storing control algorithms, configuration files and other essential data; a
HDMI based
user interface for
robot operation, training and setup;
USB C or
Ethernet based internal
star network for high-speed communication bypassing the standard PCI
bus interface
bus; an
Ethernet switch board enabling multiple boards to access the
Ethernet for both internal communication within the
star network as well as external
Internet access.