US Patent Issued to The University of Hong Kong on March 3 for "Aerial continuum manipulator with kinematics for variable loading and minimal tendon-slacking" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,943, issued on March 3, was assigned to The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Aerial continuum manipulator with kinematics for variable loading and minimal tendon-slacking" was invented by Peng Lu (Hong Kong), Rui Peng (Hong Kong) and Zehao Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention pertains to a novel aerial manipulation system with a flying continuum robotic manipulator (AeCoM). A lightweight tendon-driven continuum robotic arm is coupled with an unmanned aerial vehicle. An attitude sensor (IMU) is used to assist in PCC (Piecewise Constant Curvature) configuration. A tension-based closed-loop con...