US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago on June 2 for "Self-assembling shape-morphing robotic platform" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,224, issued on June 2, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"Self-assembling shape-morphing robotic platform" was invented by Baudouin Saintyves (Chicago), Heinrich M. Jaeger (Chicago) and Matthew J. Spenko (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system includes a first robotic unit, where the first robotic unit includes a wheel and an actuator that is mounted to the wheel. The actuator is configured to rotate an active rotor that is mounted within the wheel. The first robotic unit also includes an actuated magnet that is mounted to the active rotor such that the actuator controls rotation of the actuated mag...