US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Aug. 11 for "Programmable elastomer robot system and methods" (Texas, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,117, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Programmable elastomer robot system and methods" was invented by Farshid Alambeigi (Austin, Texas) and Uksang Yoo (Cortland, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastomer robot comprises a flexible internal structure comprising a first flexible material, wherein the internal structure is tunable, and a flexible external structure comprising a second flexible material, attached to the internal structure, including an aperture configured to accept a fluid, wherein the external structure is tunable. Methods of use and production...