US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 29 for "Soft robotic sensing and proprioception via cable and microfluidic transmission" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,142, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Soft robotic sensing and proprioception via cable and microfluidic transmission" was invented by Keng-Yu Lin (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Arturo Gamboa-Gonzalez (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Michael Wehner (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for sensing using a soft robotic system. The method and system uses displacement and/or deformation of elastomeric components, fibers, or liquids in the soil robotic system to change a visual state which is recordable in images by a digital camera. The displacement or d...