Patent ID: 11865702
Assignee: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A robotic member device, comprising:
an elongated body defining an axis, the body formed from a continuous, homogenous resilient medium and having a proximate end and a distal end;
a plurality of protrusions on the body, the protrusions extending from the axis, each protrusion joined to an adjacent protrusion by a respective hinge, each hinge perpendicular to the axis and parallel to the other hinges; and
an actuated tether adjacent the elongated body and attached to the distal end at an offset from the axis,
the tether extending parallel to the axis responsive to retraction for disposing the distal end out of axial alignment from the defined axis.