Fluidic robotic actuator system and method

US10562180B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTHER LAB, LLC · US

Inventors

• Maria J. Telleria · Redwood City, US
• Jonathan B. Pompa · Long Beach, US
• Peter Sturt Lynn · Oakland, US
• Kevin B. Albert · San Francisco, US
• Gabriel F. Hein · Albany, US
• Thomas Friel Allen · Oakland, US
• Kevin Conrad Kemper · San Francisco, US
• Saul Griffith · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F15B15/1404
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fluidic robotic actuator configured to assume at least a neutral position, the fluidic robotic actuator includes a first and second plate defining respective planar portions that are disposed in parallel planes in the neutral position. The fluidic robotic actuator also includes a plurality of elongated bellows extending between the first and second plates, the bellows each having a central main axis that is parallel to the central main axis of the other bellows in the neutral position, the main axis of the bellows being perpendicular to the parallel planes of the first and second plates in the neutral position, the bellows being coupled to the first and second plates at respective first and second ends of the bellows.