US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on April 7 for "Soft pneumatic hexapedal robot, and uses thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,666, issued on April 7, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Soft pneumatic hexapedal robot, and uses thereof" was invented by Konstantinos Karydis (Riverside, Calif.) and Zhichao Liu (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to apparatus a multi-legged robot including at least one pair of actuators. Each actuator includes a pliable body. The pliable body includes a first portion having a first chamber, a second portion having a second chamber, where the second portion coupled to a distal end of the first portion. The pliable body includes a first inlet couple...