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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Brian Chan, Millbrae, CA (US);
Julio Guerrero, Cambridge, MA (US);
Anette Hosoi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brian Chan, Millbrae, CA (US);
Julio Guerrero, Cambridge, MA (US);
Anette Hosoi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A self-propelled mechanical crawler adapted to move on a medium. One example of such a crawler includes a foot, a wave generator adapted to drive a periodic wave in the foot, and a wave transfer mechanism coupled between the wave generator and the foot. The wave transfer mechanism may be adapted to translate the periodic wave produced by the wave generator into a corresponding periodic deformation in the foot so as to generate forces in the medium to propel the crawler.