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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2013
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Stephen A. Morin, Lincoln, NE (US);
Sen Wai Kwok, Watertown, MA (US);
Robert F. Shepherd, Brooktondale, NY (US);
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing modular soft robots are disclosed. In particular, the disclosed modular soft robot can include a flexible actuator having a plurality of molded flexible units. Each molded flexible unit can include a mechanical connector configured to provide a physical coupling to another molded flexible unit, and the plurality of molded flexible units are arranged to form an embedded fluidic channel. The modular soft robot can also include an inlet coupled to the embedded fluidic channel, where the inlet is configured to receive pressurized or depressurized fluid to inflate or deflate a portion of the flexible actuator, thereby causing an actuation of the flexible actuator.