Robert Shepherd

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Brooktondale, NY, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Foam actuators
- Patent number 12,011,516
- Issue date Jun 18, 2024
- Cornell University
- Robert F. Shepherd
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Elastomeric lightguide coupling for continuous position localizatio...
- Patent number 11,921,321
- Issue date Mar 5, 2024
- Cornell University
- Patricia Xu
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Waveguides for use in sensors or displays
- Patent number 11,788,869
- Issue date Oct 17, 2023
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Passive transmissions, and methods of making and using same
- Patent number 11,773,948
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- Cornell University
- Kevin W. O'Brien
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Electrohydraulic batteries and devices and systems including same
- Patent number 11,701,245
- Issue date Jul 18, 2023
- Cornell University
- Robert F. Shepherd
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Waveguide and sensor based on same
- Patent number 11,614,583
- Issue date Mar 28, 2023
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Elastomeric lightguide coupling for continuous position localizatio...
- Patent number 11,500,152
- Issue date Nov 15, 2022
- Cornell University
- Patricia Xu
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Waveguides for use in sensors or displays
- Patent number 11,473,942
- Issue date Oct 18, 2022
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Microscale combustion for high density soft actuation
- Patent number 11,353,046
- Issue date Jun 7, 2022
- Cornell University
- Ronald Heisser
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
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Stretchable surfaces with programmable texture
- Patent number 11,077,587
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- Cornell University
- James Pikul
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Flexible robotic actuators
- Patent number 10,994,413
- Issue date May 4, 2021
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Stephen A. Morin
- A47 - FURNITURE DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES COFFEE MILLS SPICE MILLS SUCT...
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Sensors with elastomeric foams and uses thereof
- Patent number 10,976,207
- Issue date Apr 13, 2021
- Cornell University
- Bryan Peele
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Stretchable electroluminescent devices
- Patent number 10,944,072
- Issue date Mar 9, 2021
- Cornell University
- Chris M. Larson
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Method for making a soft actuator device
- Patent number 10,882,195
- Issue date Jan 5, 2021
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard components
- Patent number 10,843,336
- Issue date Nov 24, 2020
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Sen Wai Kwok
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Soft actuator and methods of fabrication
- Patent number 10,767,024
- Issue date Sep 8, 2020
- Cornell University
- Robert F. Shepherd
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
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Resilient, untethered soft robot
- Patent number 10,689,044
- Issue date Jun 23, 2020
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Michael T. Tolley
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Low strain pneumatic networks for soft robots
- Patent number 10,639,801
- Issue date May 5, 2020
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Bobak Mosadegh
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Soft robotic actuators
- Patent number 10,465,723
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Filip Ilievski
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Apparatus, systems, and methods for modular soft robots
- Patent number 10,406,698
- Issue date Sep 10, 2019
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Stephen A. Morin
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Printable elastomer materials
- Patent number 10,344,176
- Issue date Jul 9, 2019
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Soft bladder for interabdominal surgery
- Patent number 10,299,779
- Issue date May 28, 2019
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Robert F. Shepherd
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Grant
Flexible thin robotic actuators
- Patent number 10,233,910
- Issue date Mar 19, 2019
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Aaron D. Mazzeo
- F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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Flexible robotic actuators
- Patent number 9,981,377
- Issue date May 29, 2018
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Stephen A. Morin
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard components
- Patent number 9,962,832
- Issue date May 8, 2018
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Sen Wai Kwok
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Systems and methods for actuating soft robotic actuators
- Patent number 9,945,397
- Issue date Apr 17, 2018
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Robert F. Shepherd
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Flexible robotic actuators
- Patent number 9,506,455
- Issue date Nov 29, 2016
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Aaron D. Mazzeo
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
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Soft robotic actuators
- Patent number 9,464,642
- Issue date Oct 11, 2016
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Filip Ilievski
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS FOR STRAIN DETECTION
- Publication number 20240369430
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- Organic Robotics Corporation
- Robert Shepherd
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION AND SENSING
- Publication number 20230238559
- Publication date Jul 27, 2023
- Cornell University
- Robert F. Shepherd
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
ELASTOMERIC LIGHTGUIDE COUPLING FOR CONTINUOUS POSITION LOCALIZATIO...
- Publication number 20230048203
- Publication date Feb 16, 2023
- Cornell University
- Patricia XU
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
WAVEGUIDES FOR USE IN SENSORS OR DISPLAYS
- Publication number 20230003558
- Publication date Jan 5, 2023
- Cornell University
- Robert SHEPHERD
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ELECTROHYDRAULIC BATTERIES AND DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME
- Publication number 20220218500
- Publication date Jul 14, 2022
- Cornell University
- Robert F. SHEPHERD
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Microscale Combustion for High Density Soft Actuation
- Publication number 20210310503
- Publication date Oct 7, 2021
- Cornell University
- Ronald Heisser
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PASSIVE TRANSMISSIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
- Publication number 20210215235
- Publication date Jul 15, 2021
- Cornell University
- Kevin W. O'BRIEN
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
STRETCHABLE OPTICAL FIBERS FOR STRAIN-SENSITIVE TEXTILES
- Publication number 20210055171
- Publication date Feb 25, 2021
- UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
- Cindy HARNETT
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
WAVEGUIDE AND SENSOR BASED ON SAME
- Publication number 20210003388
- Publication date Jan 7, 2021
- Cornell University
- Robert SHEPHERD
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
ELASTOMERIC LIGHTGUIDE COUPLING FOR CONTINUOUS POSITION LOCALIZATIO...
- Publication number 20200400886
- Publication date Dec 24, 2020
- Cornell University
- Patricia XU
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
POLYMER COMPOSITIONS FOR 3-D PRINTING AND 3-D PRINTERS
- Publication number 20200032062
- Publication date Jan 30, 2020
- Cornell University
- Thomas J. WALLIN
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SENSORS WITH ELASTOMERIC FOAMS AND USES THEREOF
- Publication number 20190383678
- Publication date Dec 19, 2019
- Cornell University
- Bryan PEELE
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
FOAM ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20190321522
- Publication date Oct 24, 2019
- Cornell University
- Robert F. SHEPHERD
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
STRETCHABLE SURFACES WITH PROGRAMMABLE TEXTURE
- Publication number 20190126516
- Publication date May 2, 2019
- Cornell University
- James PIKUL
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20190091858
- Publication date Mar 28, 2019
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Stephen A. MORIN
- A47 - FURNITURE DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES COFFEE MILLS SPICE MILLS SUCT...
Information Patent Application
WAVEGUIDES FOR USE IN SENSORS OR DISPLAYS
- Publication number 20190056248
- Publication date Feb 21, 2019
- Cornell University
- Robert SHEPHERD
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20180363683
- Publication date Dec 20, 2018
- Robert F. SHEPHERD
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH HARD COMPONENTS
- Publication number 20180326578
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Sen Wai KWOK
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
STRETCHABLE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND US...
- Publication number 20180323400
- Publication date Nov 8, 2018
- Cornell University
- Chris M. Larson
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE THIN ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20170314538
- Publication date Nov 2, 2017
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Aaron D. MAZZEO
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20170097021
- Publication date Apr 6, 2017
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Filip ILIEVSKI
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20170030381
- Publication date Feb 2, 2017
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Robert F. SHEPHERD
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SOFT ACTUATOR AND METHODS OF FABRICATION
- Publication number 20170029592
- Publication date Feb 2, 2017
- Cornell University
- Robert F. Shepherd
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PRINTABLE ELASTOMER MATERIALS
- Publication number 20160319150
- Publication date Nov 3, 2016
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOT DEVICE AND RELATED FABRICATION METHODS
- Publication number 20160250758
- Publication date Sep 1, 2016
- Cornell University
- Robert Shepherd
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
CONFIGURABLE COMPOSITES
- Publication number 20160221302
- Publication date Aug 4, 2016
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Alok Suryavamsee TAYI
- B32 - LAYERED PRODUCTS
Information Patent Application
MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH HARD COMPONENTS
- Publication number 20160001444
- Publication date Jan 7, 2016
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Sen Wai KWOK
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
RESILIENT, UNTETHERED SOFT ROBOT
- Publication number 20150375817
- Publication date Dec 31, 2015
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Michael T. TOLLEY
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20150283699
- Publication date Oct 8, 2015
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Stephen A. MORIN
- A47 - FURNITURE DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES COFFEE MILLS SPICE MILLS SUCT...
Information Patent Application
LOW STRAIN PNEUMATIC NETWORKS FOR SOFT ROBOTS
- Publication number 20150266186
- Publication date Sep 24, 2015
- President and Fellows of Harvard College
- Bobak MOSADEGH
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS

Robert Shepherd

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Foam actuators

Elastomeric lightguide coupling for continuous position localizatio...

Waveguides for use in sensors or displays

Passive transmissions, and methods of making and using same

Electrohydraulic batteries and devices and systems including same

Waveguide and sensor based on same

Elastomeric lightguide coupling for continuous position localizatio...

Waveguides for use in sensors or displays

Microscale combustion for high density soft actuation

Stretchable surfaces with programmable texture

Flexible robotic actuators

Sensors with elastomeric foams and uses thereof

Stretchable electroluminescent devices

Method for making a soft actuator device

Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard components

Soft actuator and methods of fabrication

Resilient, untethered soft robot

Low strain pneumatic networks for soft robots

Soft robotic actuators

Apparatus, systems, and methods for modular soft robots

Printable elastomer materials

Soft bladder for interabdominal surgery

Flexible thin robotic actuators

Flexible robotic actuators

Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard components

Systems and methods for actuating soft robotic actuators

Flexible robotic actuators

Soft robotic actuators

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

SYSTEMS FOR STRAIN DETECTION

DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION AND SENSING

ELASTOMERIC LIGHTGUIDE COUPLING FOR CONTINUOUS POSITION LOCALIZATIO...

WAVEGUIDES FOR USE IN SENSORS OR DISPLAYS

ELECTROHYDRAULIC BATTERIES AND DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME

Microscale Combustion for High Density Soft Actuation

PASSIVE TRANSMISSIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME

STRETCHABLE OPTICAL FIBERS FOR STRAIN-SENSITIVE TEXTILES

WAVEGUIDE AND SENSOR BASED ON SAME

ELASTOMERIC LIGHTGUIDE COUPLING FOR CONTINUOUS POSITION LOCALIZATIO...

POLYMER COMPOSITIONS FOR 3-D PRINTING AND 3-D PRINTERS

SENSORS WITH ELASTOMERIC FOAMS AND USES THEREOF

FOAM ACTUATORS

STRETCHABLE SURFACES WITH PROGRAMMABLE TEXTURE

FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

WAVEGUIDES FOR USE IN SENSORS OR DISPLAYS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH HARD COMPONENTS

STRETCHABLE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND US...

FLEXIBLE THIN ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

SOFT ACTUATOR AND METHODS OF FABRICATION

PRINTABLE ELASTOMER MATERIALS

SOFT ROBOT DEVICE AND RELATED FABRICATION METHODS

CONFIGURABLE COMPOSITES

MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY OF SOFT ROBOTS WITH HARD COMPONENTS

RESILIENT, UNTETHERED SOFT ROBOT

FLEXIBLE ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

LOW STRAIN PNEUMATIC NETWORKS FOR SOFT ROBOTS