US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on June 16 for "Optoelectronic soft tactile sensor for a stick-slip control" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,329, issued on June 16, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Optoelectronic soft tactile sensor for a stick-slip control" was invented by Cindy Harnett (Louisville, Ky.) and Michael Seokyoung Han (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opto-electronic sensor includes a deformable body that has a gripping surface, securable to and movable by a gripper to a position at which the gripper surface contacts an object, and includes optical waveguides positioned within the deformable body, each optical waveguide including a gap. The deformable body is configured to exhibit a lateral...