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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:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Inventors:
Jung Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hwayeong Jeong, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1005 (2013.01); B25J 9/1075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide a variable stiffness soft actuator inspired by an ossicle structure of echinoderm and a robot apparatus including the same. According to various embodiments, the soft actuate includes a plurality of ossicle elements arranged in a specific structure, wherein an interval between the plurality of ossicle elements is maintained or reduced depending on vacuum generation to change the stiffness of the soft actuator.