Soft actuator and methods of fabrication
US10767024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 2015 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08J2383/04
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Soft actuators are fabricated from materials that enable the actuators to be constructed with an open-celled architecture such as an interconnected network of pore elements. The movement of a soft actuator is controlled by manipulating the open-celled architecture, for example inflating/deflating select portions of the open-celled architecture using a substance such as compressed fluid.
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