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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:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Allison M. Okamura, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sean Follmer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Elliot W. Hawkes, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Zachary Hammond, Stanford, CA (US);
Nathan Scot Usevitch, Stanford, CA (US);
Mac Schwager, Stanford, CA (US);
James Ballard, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0075 (2013.01); B25J 9/0012 (2013.01); B25J 9/08 (2013.01); B25J 9/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
Adaptable and customizable truss-like robots are provided. The robotic truss has robotic roller modules configured to translate along one or more pliable member and therewith control the shape or design of the robot.