ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,507, issued on March 31, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS (Poitiers, France).
"Robotic hand sensitive to forces in an aquatic environment" was invented by Jean-Pierre Gazeau (Chatellerault, France), Pierre Laguillaumie (Buxerolles, France), Philippe Vulliez (Lavoux, France) and Camille Mizera (Poitiers, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device forming a robotic hand, including a base forming a hand palm, at least two articulated structures each forming a robotic finger, each articulated structure being connected to the base by at least one articulation, at least on...