ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,506, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).
"Dual-airway bionic snail soft robot" was invented by Aiguo Song (Nanjing, China) and Qinjie Ji (Nanjing, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a dual-airway bionic snail soft robot, which includes ventral muscular feet, an air pressure controlling device and mucus, wherein the ventral muscular foot includes an upper deformation layer, a lower deformation layer and a strain sensor. Snail ventral muscular feet are simulated by the upper deformation layer and the lower deformation layer to produce wave motion. The strain sensor...