Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual-airway bionic snail soft robot
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Application No.: US17920990Application Date: 2022-04-01
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Publication No.: US12208506B2Publication Date: 2025-01-28
- Inventor: Aiguo Song , Qinjie Ji
- Applicant: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: CN Nanjing
- Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: CN Nanjing
- Agency: MUNCY, GEISSLER, OLDS & LOWE, P.C.
- Priority: CN202210289781.5 20220323
- International Application: PCT/CN2022/084829 WO 20220401
- International Announcement: WO2023/178726 WO 20230928
- Main IPC: B25J11/00
- IPC: B25J11/00 ; B25J13/08

Abstract:
The present invention discloses a dual-airway bionic snail soft robot, which includes ventral muscular feet, an air pressure controlling device and mucus, wherein the ventral muscular foot includes an upper deformation layer, a lower deformation layer and a strain sensor. Snail ventral muscular feet are simulated by the upper deformation layer and the lower deformation layer to produce wave motion. The strain sensor senses a wave motion state of the soft robot to provide a basis for the air pressure controlling device to output air pressure. In another aspect, snail mucus is replaced with glycerin to produce a suction force and improve crawling efficiency. The designed bionic snail soft robot can move forward, move backward and turn in situ, thereby realizing free movement in a microgravity environment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240051151A1 DUAL-AIRWAY BIONIC SNAIL SOFT ROBOT Public/Granted day:2024-02-15
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