Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for manipulating an object
- Patent Title (中): 用于操纵物体的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12711983Application Date: 2010-02-24
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Publication No.: US08727410B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Christopher Vernon Jones , Erik Edward Steltz , Annan Michael Mozeika
- Applicant: Christopher Vernon Jones , Erik Edward Steltz , Annan Michael Mozeika
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/54
- IPC: A61F2/54
Abstract:
A method for manipulating an object with a remote vehicle having a manipulator attached to a manipulator arm. The manipulator comprises a jamming or other phase change material in a housing. The method comprises pressing the manipulator housing to the object, activating the jamming or other phase change material to cause the manipulator to grasp the object, and moving one or more of the manipulator arm and the remote vehicle to manipulate the object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100217436A1 Method and Device for Manipulating an Object Public/Granted day:2010-08-26
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