ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,948, issued on June 24, was assigned to North University of China (China).

"Sandwich bionic soft gripper capable of automatically assisting in grasping and preparation method therefor" was invented by Xiangmeng Li (Taiyuan, China), Huifen Wei (Taiyuan, China), Xijing Zhu (Taiyuan, China), Yajun Zhang (Taiyuan, China), Jian Shen (Taiyuan, China) and Chaohui Wang (Taiyuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sandwich bionic soft gripper capable of automatically assisting in grasping and a preparation method therefor are provided, relating to the technical field of manipulators. The sandwich bionic soft gripper capable of automatical...