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US 11,361,893 B2Granted
Soft body robotic device
AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorsYajing Shen, Xiong Yang, Haojian Lu
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Abstract
A soft body robotic device includes a body made at least partly from a polylactic-acid-based material, and a magnetic movement mechanism connected to the body. The magnetic movement mechanism is configured to support movement of the soft body robotic device and to interact with an external magnetic control device for movement of the soft body robotic device.
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A soft body robotic device, comprising:
- a body in the form of a generally planar film made of electrospun polylactic-acid-based fibers, the generally planar film including an upper surface and a lower surface;
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- a magnetic movement mechanism connected to the lower surface of the film, the magnetic movement mechanism being configured to support movement of the soft body robotic device and to interact with an external magnetic control device for movement of the soft body robotic device,
- wherein the magnetic movement mechanism comprises a plurality of magnetic legs on which the body is formed, the plurality of magnetic legs extending from the body and shaped to taper away from the body.
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A soft body robotic device system comprising:
- a soft body robotic device and an external magnetic control device;
- wherein the soft body robotic device comprises
- a body in the form of a generally planar film made of electrospun polylactic-acid-based fibers, the generally planar film including an upper surface and a lower surface;
- and
- a magnetic movement mechanism connected to the lower surface of the film, the magnetic movement mechanism being configured to support movement of the soft body robotic device and to interact with the external magnetic control device for movement of the soft body robotic device, the magnetic movement mechanism comprising a plurality of magnetic legs on which the body is formed, the plurality of magnetic legs extending from the body and shaped to taper away from the body, and
- wherein the magnetic movement mechanism is configured to interact with the external magnetic control device to support discontinuous flap-wave locomotion and continuous inverted-pendulum locomotion of the soft body robotic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.