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US 2025/0093246 A1Published application
Viscosity sensors and wireless small-scale soft robots
OwnerXiaoguang Dong, Boyang Xiaoinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed are various approaches for a sensor, having a rotating magnetic spinner disposed at a first end of a shaft and configured to rotate about the shaft. The sensor can include a foot disposed at a second end of the shaft and a plurality of microspikes disposed on a distal surface of the foot.
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A sensor, comprising:
- a rotating magnetic spinner disposed at a first end of a shaft and configured to rotate about the shaft;
- a foot disposed at a second end of the shaft;
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- a plurality of microspikes disposed on a distal surface of the foot.
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A soft robot, comprising:
- a magnetic robot body;
- a plurality of footpads, individual footpads of the plurality of footpads being disposed at a respective end of the magnetic robot body;
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- a delivery member having a first end connected to the magnetic robot body and a second end configured to attach to a sensor.
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A system, comprising:
- a sensor having a rotating magnetic spinner disposed at a first end of a shaft and configured to rotate about the shaft;
- a soft robot, having a magnetic robot body, one or more footpads, individual footpads of the one or more footpads being disposed at a respective end of the magnetic robot body, and a delivery member having a first end connected to the magnetic robot body and a second end configured to attach to the sensor;
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- a magnetic actuator configured to produce a rotating magnetic field to act upon the sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.