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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander Joshua Wiens, San Jose, CA (US);
Anette E. Hosoi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/36 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63H 1/36 (2013.01); B63G 8/20 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Underwater robotic systems are disclosed. In some instances, a robotic system may include a body, a flexible fin, and a rotatable mass associated with the body such that angular acceleration of the rotatable mass causes a reaction torque that rotates the body to deform the flexible fin to create thrust in water.