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FLEXIBLE SENSOR

VAlue proposition Inflatable structures provide significant volume and weight savings for future space and soft robotic applications. Structural health monitoring of these structures is essential for safe operation, providing early warnings of damage, and measuring structural changes over time. An approach is desired for a single flexible strain...
Published: 1/13/2026   |   Inventor(s): Xiaobo Tan, Mohammed Al-Rubaiai
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Test and Measurement

Pipeline Inspection Robot

VALUE PROPOSITION Pipelines represent a major supporting industry for utilities and are used in a variety of applications such as for natural gas, water, and oil, as well as residential distribution. Natural gas pipelines alone travel over 2.5 million miles, delivering 28.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to customers in the United States alone....
Published: 3/21/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xiaobo Tan, Preston Fairchild, Claudia Chen, Yiming Deng, Mohand Alzuhiri, Zi Li, Xinda Qi
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Environmental, Test and Measurement

Smart Soft Actuators and Grippers Enabled by Self Powered Tribo-Skins

VALUE PROPOSITION End effectors or grippers are an essential tool integrated with robotic arms for achieving grasping and manipulating functions in a variety of tasks, ranging from picking up and holding objects, to sorting, to locomotion and many other applications. Inspired by human hands, most traditional robotic grippers are made of assembled flexible...
Published: 2/17/2023   |   Inventor(s): Changyong Cao, Yaokun Pang, Shoue Chen, Xiaobo Tan
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Subassemblies and Components, Devices

Gliding Robotic Fish Navigation and Propulsion

Executive SummaryAutonomous robots provide a means to remotely perform a wide variety of tasks. For underwater robots an energetically passive mode of movement is important as well as a platform capable of a variety of sensors. We have developed a bio-inspired robotic vehicle based on the body of ray-finned fish. The robot has a reconfigurable sensor...
Published: 8/20/2022   |   Inventor(s): Xiaobo Tan, Feitian Zhang, Jianxun Wang, John Thon
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Devices, Environment