Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, systems, and methods for modular soft robots
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Application No.: US14421429Application Date: 2013-07-18
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Publication No.: US10406698B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Stephen A. Morin , Sen Wai Kwok , Robert F. Shepherd , George M. Whitesides
- Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Current Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/051092 WO 20130718
- International Announcement: WO2014/015146 WO 20140123
- Main IPC: B25J18/06
- IPC: B25J18/06

Abstract:
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing modular soft robots are disclosed. In particular, the disclosed modular soft robot can include a flexible actuator having a plurality of molded flexible units. Each molded flexible unit can include a mechanical connector configured to provide a physical coupling to another molded flexible unit, and the plurality of molded flexible units are arranged to form an embedded fluidic channel. The modular soft robot can also include an inlet coupled to the embedded fluidic channel, where the inlet is configured to receive pressurized or depressurized fluid to inflate or deflate a portion of the flexible actuator, thereby causing an actuation of the flexible actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150217459A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MODULAR SOFT ROBOTS Public/Granted day:2015-08-06
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