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US 11,668,031 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for material manipulation
AssigneeFractal Braid, Inc.
InventorsJesse Jarrell, Louis A. Ashford, Dustin French
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Abstract
An apparatus for manipulating a material is provided. The apparatus may comprise a magnetic device arranged in a three-dimensional configuration. The apparatus may comprise a surface on which at least one carrier is configured to move. The magnetic device may be configured to provide a magnetic field for driving the carrier on the surface to manipulate a material. The apparatus may comprise a controller configured to control the magnetic device to modulate the magnetic field. The controller may be further configured to detect a position and/or motion of the carrier.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a magnetic device arranged in a three-dimensional configuration;
- and
- a surface on which at least one carrier is configured to move, wherein the surface comprises a trackless bearing layer,
- wherein the magnetic device is configured to provide a magnetic field for driving the carrier on the surface to manipulate a material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.