ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,450, issued on April 14, was assigned to ROBEAUTE (Paris).
"Light propulsion for microrobot" was invented by Bertrand Duplat (Paris), Quentin Francois (Paris) and Ali Oulmas (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microrobot including a propulsion system with a propulsion structure deformable in elongation/contraction along a main axis, an actuator or actuation zone configured to actuate sequentially elongation/contraction cycles of the propulsion structure, a light source aimed at, when activated, emitting at least one predetermined light signal, and a remote control unit. The light source includes an optical fiber, and is configur...