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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Muko, JP;
The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Yasutaka Nishioka, Shiga, JP;
Wataru Masuda, Shiga, JP;
Masao Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Taniguchi, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD., Muko, JP;
UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE, Hikone, JP;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A soft gripper that surrounds and grips an outer peripheral surface of an object, the soft gripper includes an elongated first actuator and an elongated second actuator, which are deformed in response to supply of a fluid. The first actuator and the second actuator extend from bases of the first and second actuators toward opposite sides each other. When receiving the supply of the fluid, each of the first and second actuators sequentially surrounds the object from the base toward a side of a leading end of the each of the first and second actuators.