Sensors for soft robots and soft actuators

A volume sensor and robot technology, applied in the direction of instruments, manipulators, program control manipulators, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2017-08-01
PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
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This aspect of the elastomer would make it difficult to control soft actuators using only knowledge of the inflation pressure of the actuator

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[0088] A software robotic device having one or more sensors is described that is integrated into, embedded in, attached to, or otherwise coupled to or connected to the software robotic device. In one aspect, a soft robot is described, which includes: an elastomer body having a chamber or a plurality of interconnected chambers arranged in the body, the elastomer body including a pressurized inlet, and a pressurized inlet It is configured to receive fluid from a fluid source into the one chamber or the plurality of interconnected chambers; and optionally, a strain-restricted layer arranged along the elastomer body; and at least one sensor. In certain embodiments, the sensor is configured to detect physical, chemical, and / or electronic signals. In certain embodiments, one or more sensors are embedded in, integrated into, attached to, or otherwise coupled to or connected to the elastomeric body. In certain embodiments, one or more sensors are embedded in, integrated into, attached...

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A soft robotic device with one or more sensors is described. The sensor may be embedded in the soft body of the soft robotic device, attached to the soft body of the soft robotic device, or otherwise linked to the soft body of the soft robotic device.

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[0001] Incorporated by reference [0002] The entire contents of all patents, patent applications, and publications cited herein are incorporated herein by reference. The entire disclosure of these publications is incorporated into this application by reference in order to more fully describe the prior art known to those skilled in the art as of the date of the invention described herein. [0003] Related application [0004] This application claims the rights and priority of U.S. Provisional Application 62 / 040,905 filed on August 22, 2014 and U.S. Provisional Application 62 / 102,363 filed on January 12, 2015, all of which are incorporated by reference in this. [0005] Government rights [0006] This application was made with the following government support: grant W911NF-11-1-0094 from the Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense and grant DMR-0820484 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The U.S. government has certain rights in this applicatio...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B25J9/00B25J9/14G06F19/00
CPCB25J9/142B25J13/085B25J13/087B25J13/088B25J15/0009B25J15/12B25J18/06
Inventor J·A·莱辛G·M·怀特赛德斯R·V·马丁内茨D·杨B·莫萨德K·C·加洛韦F·古德A·S·塔伊
Owner PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
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