B25J 9/065
Snake robots
Official title: {Snake robots}
B25J9/065 (Snake robots) appears on 170 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 231
- Assignees
- 117
- Inventors
- 422
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 9 | 20 |
| 2024 | 18 | 23 |
| 2025 | 25 | 21 |
| 2026 | 17 | 14 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Control method for compliant robots29 Sep 2026US 12,746,682 B2The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Method and apparatus for controlling continuum robot22 Sep 2026US 12,741,369 B2Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Continuous robot control system, control method of continuous robot, and storage medium15 Sep 2026US 12,734,679 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Robot arm modelling15 Sep 2026US 12,734,698 B2ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Continuum robot and control method for continuum robot, and recording medium25 Aug 2026US 12,715,112 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Non-rigid, deformable robotic body24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284866 A1
- System and method for correcting a measured position of a continuum robot whilst inspecting or repairing a component10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264235 A1ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Neural configuration distance function for continuum robot control20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241561 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- System for controlling continuum robot, and method for controlling continuum robot13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233383 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Wristed vine robot6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225229 A1The Regents of the University of California
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robot for surgical applications1,534US 7,126,303 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2006
- Robot for surgical applications914US 7,199,545 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2007
- Medical devices having smoothly articulating multi-cluster joints419US 10,959,797 B2FlexDex, Inc. · 2021
- Surgical camera robot405US 7,339,341 B2Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska · 2008
- Method, apparatus, and a system for facilitating bending of an instrument in a surgical or medical robotic environment297US 10,080,576 B2Auris Health, Inc. · 2018