Modular manufacturing of a robot

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a robot comprising the steps of discovering a plurality of generic components, the generic components being interconnected and non-functional in the robot; determining the spatial position of each generic component in the robot; retrieving respective firmware associated with each generic component; modifying a generic component into a specified component, by programming the firmware of the generic component with a retrieved firmware. The use of encryption mechanisms, the use of one or more bootloaders, the use of decentralized or distributed storage of firmware and the use of predefined hardware abstraction layers. Software and system aspects (e.g. multi-masters architectures) are provided.

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