ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,909, issued on Sept. 22.
"Actuator array and an exoskeleton having the same" was invented by Chen Hua Yeow (Singapore) and Rainier Florentin Natividad (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator array includes an elongated base and a plurality of pneumatic actuator elements removably attached to the base. The base is made of a pliant and inextensible material. The actuator elements are configured to be inflated and interfere with each other in use to generate a bending motion supported by the base. At least one parameter associated with the actuator elements is selected to control a three-dimensional (3-D) profile of the b...