US Patent Issued to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS on Nov. 25 for "Robotic hand" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,111, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS (Poitiers, France).

"Robotic hand" was invented by Jean-Pierre Gazeau (Chatellerault, France), Pierre Laguillaumie (Buxerolles, France), Philippe Vulliez (Lavoux, France) and Camille Mizera (Poitiers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device forming a robotic hand, including a base forming the palm of a hand, at least two articulated structures each forming a robotic finger, each articulated structure being connected to the base by at least one articulation, at least one drive mechanism for each articulation, ...