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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2017
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Mark Plecnik, Berkeley, CA (US);
Ronald Fearing, Berkeley, CA (US);
Duncan Haldane, Berkeley, CA (US);
Justin Yim, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A series elastic robotic limb may include an energy generator, an energy storage element, and a link assembly. The link assembly may include a plurality of links coupled, via one or more joints, at one or more pivot locations. The energy generator may output a first force that causes an accumulation of energy in the energy storage element while the link assembly is in a first configuration and transitions the link assembly from the first configuration to a second configuration. The energy storage element may release the energy accumulated in the energy storage element when the link assembly is in the second configuration. The link assembly in the second configuration may trigger a motion of the series elastic robotic limb by at least amplifying the first force output by the energy generator and a second force associated with the energy released from the energy storage element.