Patent ID: 11884192
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC A  B

Claim 10:
11. The system of claim 8, wherein the controllable deformable material comprises a magnetorheological material, the characteristic of the controllable deformable material is a magnetic field strength in the controllable deformable material and the control element in proximity to the controllable deformable material is configured to apply a magnetic field to the controllable deformable material, wherein the control apparatus is configured to:
in response to a determination to change the controllable deformable material from the first state to the second state, cause the control element in proximity to the controllable deformable material to decrease the magnetic field strength; and
in response to a determination to change the controllable deformable material from the second state to the first state, cause the control element in proximity to the controllable deformable material to increase the magnetic field strength.