Compliant Adhesion: Local Suction Generation on Compliant Membranes
This technology offers softer and smaller possible pressure sources into vacuums near suction points. The suction attachment will address the concerns of tubes collapsing under vacuum.
Computationally Generated Grippers
This technology offers a custom gripper that can pick up a wide range of objects through the calculation of the optimal lifting points.
Deformable Self-balancing Adhesion Grippers
This technology offers a gripper for irregular surfaces where these mechanisms can be combinations of 1D or 2D self-balancing and self-similar structures.
Deployable Tubular Biopsy Device
This technology offers a biopsy tool design for the bile duct biopsy procedure. This method allows for improved navigational accuracy using thin, circumferential blades supported by a hollow sheath and actuated by a helical plunger.
Sensing From Everting Tube Robots
This technology offers a freely everting tube robot that can sense acoustic signals and pressure changes. It can limit insertion forces and the spread of bacteria in sensitive biological environments.
Ultrasonic Levitation for Microwell Plates
This technology aims to bring sensitivity in robotic manipulation to general-use robots previously matched only by specialized surgical tools. Using ultrasonic waves, the contactless approach allows the picking up and moving of small, delicate objects only millimeters in size.