Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robotic mobility and construction by growth
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Application No.: US15943329Application Date: 2018-04-02
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Publication No.: US10954789B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Elliot W. Hawkes , Allison M. Okamura , Joseph D. Greer , Laura H. Blumenschein
- Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Lumen Patent Firm
- Main IPC: F01B19/04
- IPC: F01B19/04
Abstract:
A robot for navigating an environment through growth is provided. The growing robot has a thin-walled, hollow, pressurized, compliant body that elongates the body by everting from its tip new wall material that is stored inside the body. The robot controls the shape of the body by actively controlling the relative lengths of the wall material along opposing sides of the body allowing steering.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190217908A1 Robotic Mobility and Construction by Growth Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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