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Method and device for manipulating an object

  • US 8,727,410 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2010
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for grasping an object with a remote vehicle having a camera and a manipulator attached to a manipulator arm, the method comprising:

  • locating the object and the manipulator within the field of view of the camera;

    pressing the manipulator housing to the object;

    activating a granular jamming phase change material in a housing of the manipulator to switch form a liquid behavior to solid behavior to cause the manipulator to grasp the object by evacuating air from the manipulator housing to change a fluid volume in the manipulator housing, wherein, prior to activating the jamming material, an interior of the housing is at atmospheric pressure and the manipulator is pliable; and

    moving one or more of the manipulator arm and the remote vehicle to manipulate the object.

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