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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean Michael Greene, Raleigh, NC (US);
Benjamin Gerard Gravel, Cary, NC (US);
Aaron Joseph Ruff, Apex, NC (US);
Sean Michael McDonald, Cary, NC (US);
Brian Alexander Nelson, Cary, NC (US);
Austin Laboy Schick, Cary, NC (US);
Colin Daniel Russell, Cary, NC (US);
CARDINAL GIBBONS HIGH SCHOOL, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A robotic vehicle is provided with an extendable arm and a mandible structure. The mandible structure includes a pair of mandibles with toothed portions that cooperatively engage such that the mandibles may be opened and closed by applying a force to only one of the pair of mandibles. The mandible structure hangs freely from the extendable arm and is balanced so that the mandible structure naturally maintains a substantially vertical orientation. In the closed position, the mandible structure defines an interior cavity suitable for securely grasping a ring.