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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Donald F. Wilkins, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); B62D 57/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 57/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A locomotion system for use with a robotic device is provided. The locomotion system includes a first micropillar array including at least a first micropillar, a second micropillar array including at least a second micropillar, a control circuit associated with each micropillar of the first and second micropillar arrays, and a controller operatively coupled to each control circuit. The controller is configured to selectively activate the first and second micropillars in a sequence that causes the robotic device to move in a predetermined direction.