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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Ash Robbins, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Mircea Teodorescu, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic arm having one or more hybrid (soft-rigid) joints includes a first link, a second link, and a joint interconnecting the first link and the second link, such that the first link is movable relative to the second link along an axis of motion. The joint includes: a socket component coupled to a distal end portion of the second link and a ball component coupled to a proximal end portion of first link, the ball component is configured to rotationally fit within the socket component. The joint also includes a flexible membrane encasing the socket component and the ball component. The robotic arm is controllable using a reinforcement learning algorithm training using a simulation of the robotic arm and optionally, further training in a physical world.