公开(公告)号：EP2190635A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-02

申请号：EP08782415.7

申请日：2008-07-25

申请人： SRI International

发明人： GARCIA, Pablo ,  LOW, Thomas ,  CHAVEZ, Bryan ,  PRAHLAD, Harsha

IPC分类号： B25J17/00

CPC分类号： B25J18/06 ,  H02N1/006 ,  Y10T74/20323

摘要： A selectively rigidizable and actively steerable device is described. In one aspect, an articulatable device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer tube that receives the inner tube, and a multiplicity of overlapping, rigidizable scale-like strips. Each scale-like strip is coupled with the inner tube and positioned between the inner and outer tubes. Of particular note, the overlapping strips are actuatable between a non-rigidized state in which overlapping strips are slideable relative to one another and a rigidized state in which overlapping strips are not slideable relative to one another.

公开(公告)号：EP2688717A2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-29

申请号：EP12760592.1

申请日：2012-03-21

申请人： SRI International

发明人： LOW, Thomas, P. ,  GARCIA, Pablo, E. ,  KNOTH, Bruce, H. ,  COWAN, Cregg ,  CHAVEZ, Bryan

IPC分类号： B25J9/06 ,  B25J19/02

CPC分类号： B25J9/06 ,  B25J9/0087 ,  B25J9/161 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J13/025 ,  B25J19/023

摘要： A robotic manipulator has a body and a stereoscopic video system movably coupled to the body. The stereoscopic vision system produces a stereoscopic video of an environment of the robotic manipulator. The robotic manipulator also includes two independently remotely controlled arms coupled to opposite sides of the body. Each arm moves in proprioceptive alignment with the stereoscopic video produced by the stereoscopic video system in response to commands received from a remote control station based on movements performed by an operator at the remote control station.

公开(公告)号：EP2173230A1

公开(公告)日：2010-04-14

申请号：EP08782417.3

申请日：2008-07-25

申请人： SRI International ,  The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University

发明人： GARCIA, Pablo ,  LOW, Thomas ,  CHAVEZ, Bryan ,  PRAHLAD, Harsha ,  ISAZA, Natalia ,  DUTTA, Sanjeev

IPC分类号： A61B1/00

CPC分类号： B25J18/06 ,  H02N1/006 ,  Y10T74/20323

摘要： A selectively rigidizable endoscopic device is described. In one aspect, an endoscopic medical device is described that includes a flexible inner tube having a first lumen, a flexible outer tube that receives the inner tube, and a multiplicity of overlapping, rigidizable scale-like strips. Each scale-like strip is coupled with the inner tube and positioned between the inner and outer tubes. Of particular note, the overlapping strips are actuatable between a non-rigidized state in which overlapping strips are slideable relative to one another and a rigidized state in which overlapping strips are not slideable relative to one another

公开(公告)号：EP2016280A2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-21

申请号：EP07754996.2

申请日：2007-04-05

申请人： SRI International

发明人： KORNBLUH, Roy, D. ,  PELRINE, Ronald, E. ,  PRAHLAD, Harsha ,  CHIBA, Seiki ,  ECKERLE, Joseph, S. ,  CHAVEZ, Bryan ,  STANFORD, Scott, E. ,  LOW, Thomas

IPC分类号： F03B13/12

CPC分类号： F03B13/20 ,  F03B13/1845 ,  F05B2260/50 ,  H01L41/113 ,  H02N2/181 ,  Y02E10/38

摘要： Described herein are systems and methods that use an electroactive polymer transducer to convert mechanical energy, originally contained in one or more waves, to electrical energy. Marine devices described herein may employ a mechanical energy conversion system that transfers mechanical energy in a wave into mechanical energy suitable for input to the electroactive polymer transducer.