ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,715, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh).
"Three-dimensional passive walking robot" was invented by Aaron Johnson (Pittsburgh), Sarah Bergbreiter (Pittsburgh), Kamal Carter (Pittsburgh), Sharfin Islam (Pittsburgh), Justin Yim (Pittsburgh) and James Kyle (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bipedal walking robot uses a quasi-passive control scheme and a simplified mechanical design. The walking robot has a pair of legs connected to a body through a passive hip joint, which is offset from a center of gravity of the walking robot. A nonconcentric, curved foot is attached at to each leg by a...