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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Gwin, Orangevale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); F03G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B25J 9/1085 (2013.01); B25J 9/1095 (2013.01); B25J 15/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B64D 1/02 (2013.01); F03G 7/00 (2013.01); B64C 2201/18 (2013.01); C08G 2280/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to grasp an object with an unmanned aerial vehicle are described herein. An example unmanned aerial vehicle includes a gripper having a claw to grasp onto an object and an active material disposed on the claw. The example unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a material activator to: (1) apply an activation signal to the active material to soften the active material while the claw grasps the object with the active material, and (2) allow the active material to harden in a shape substantially matching a surface of the object.