Ryan Richard Knopf

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Cambridge, MA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuator enhancements
- Patent number 12,145,259
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
User-assisted robotic control systems
- Patent number 12,053,877
- Issue date Aug 6, 2024
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Michael Rosenstein
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft actuator having a texturizable gripping surface
- Patent number 11,826,905
- Issue date Nov 28, 2023
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Self-contained robotic gripper system
- Patent number 11,752,641
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Ryan Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuator enhancements
- Patent number 11,738,471
- Issue date Aug 29, 2023
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforc...
- Patent number 11,731,292
- Issue date Aug 22, 2023
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
User-assisted robotic control systems
- Patent number 11,660,759
- Issue date May 30, 2023
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfaces
- Patent number 11,648,663
- Issue date May 16, 2023
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Gripper with tunable compliance for dexterous object manipulation
- Patent number 11,647,692
- Issue date May 16, 2023
- AppHarvest Technology, Inc.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Grant
Depth and vision sensors for challenging agricultural environments
- Patent number 11,490,071
- Issue date Nov 1, 2022
- AppHarvest Technology, Inc.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Gripper tools for object grasping and manipulation
- Patent number 11,483,976
- Issue date Nov 1, 2022
- AppHarvest Technology, Inc.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Servo-pneumatic control systems for soft robotic actuators
- Patent number 11,389,955
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Ryan Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft actuators with tapered or skewed structures
- Patent number 11,247,348
- Issue date Feb 15, 2022
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
User-assisted robotic control systems
- Patent number 11,179,856
- Issue date Nov 23, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
User-assisted robotic control systems
- Patent number 11,173,615
- Issue date Nov 16, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
User-assisted robotic control systems
- Patent number 11,167,422
- Issue date Nov 9, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Self-contained robotic gripper system
- Patent number 11,161,251
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Ryan Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assembling
- Patent number 11,154,992
- Issue date Oct 26, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuator enhancements
- Patent number 11,110,616
- Issue date Sep 7, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
User-assisted robotic control systems
- Patent number 11,077,562
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforc...
- Patent number 11,077,565
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfaces
- Patent number 11,027,423
- Issue date Jun 8, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfaces
- Patent number 10,974,382
- Issue date Apr 13, 2021
- Soft Robotics Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Modular robotic systems
- Patent number 10,946,531
- Issue date Mar 16, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic grippers for cluttered grasping environments, high acc...
- Patent number 10,889,004
- Issue date Jan 12, 2021
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft robotic actuators and methods of manufacturing the same
- Patent number 10,850,401
- Issue date Dec 1, 2020
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B32 - LAYERED PRODUCTS
Information Patent Grant
Enhancement of soft robotic grippers through integration of stiff s...
- Patent number 10,702,992
- Issue date Jul 7, 2020
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Self-contained robotic gripper system
- Patent number 10,576,640
- Issue date Mar 3, 2020
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Ryan Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Base systems for supporting soft robotic actuators
- Patent number 10,369,704
- Issue date Aug 6, 2019
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Mark J. Chiappetta
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Grant
Soft conformal laparoscopic instrument
- Patent number 10,208,925
- Issue date Feb 19, 2019
- SOFT ROBOTICS, INC.
- Carl Everett Vause
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
USER-ASSISTED ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20240359337
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Michael Rosenstein
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ROBOTIC FRUIT HARVESTING SYSTEM
- Publication number 20240107947
- Publication date Apr 4, 2024
- APPHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Matthew Borgatti
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ENHANCEMENTS
- Publication number 20230405843
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
USER-ASSISTED ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20230364805
- Publication date Nov 16, 2023
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC SURFACES
- Publication number 20230321818
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ROBOTIC HARVESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
- Publication number 20230097284
- Publication date Mar 30, 2023
- APPHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
GRIPPER TOOLS FOR OBJECT GRASPING, MANIPULATION, AND REMOVAL
- Publication number 20230068237
- Publication date Mar 2, 2023
- APPHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- A01 - AGRICULTURE FORESTRY ANIMAL HUSBANDRY HUNTING TRAPPING FISHING
Information Patent Application
DEPTH AND VISION SENSORS FOR CHALLENGING AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS
- Publication number 20220360760
- Publication date Nov 10, 2022
- APPHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
FOOD HANDLING GRIPPER
- Publication number 20220219339
- Publication date Jul 14, 2022
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
GRIPPER TOOLS FOR OBJECT GRASPING AND MANIPULATION
- Publication number 20220161447
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- APPHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
RIPENESS DETECTION SYSTEM USING HUE COLOR SPACE AND PEAK FINDING
- Publication number 20220164989
- Publication date May 26, 2022
- APPHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ENHANCEMENTS
- Publication number 20220088801
- Publication date Mar 24, 2022
- Soft Robotics Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SELF-CONTAINED ROBOTIC GRIPPER SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220088796
- Publication date Mar 24, 2022
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Ryan KNOPF
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
USER-ASSISTED ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20220032475
- Publication date Feb 3, 2022
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Michael Rosenstein
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT HUB AND GRASPER ASSEMBLY, REINFORC...
- Publication number 20210354317
- Publication date Nov 18, 2021
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC SURFACES
- Publication number 20210291361
- Publication date Sep 23, 2021
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
MODULAR ROBOTICS SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20210187755
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SELF-CONTAINED ROBOTIC GRIPPER SYSTEM
- Publication number 20200078957
- Publication date Mar 12, 2020
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Ryan KNOPF
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
GRIPPER WITH TUNABLE COMPLIANCE FOR DEXTEROUS OBJECT MANIPULATION
- Publication number 20190387678
- Publication date Dec 26, 2019
- ROOT AI, INC.
- Ryan R. Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SOFT CONFORMAL LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT
- Publication number 20190309928
- Publication date Oct 10, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Carl Everett Vause
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC GRIPPERS FOR CLUTTERED GRASPING ENVIRONMENTS, HIGH ACC...
- Publication number 20190217481
- Publication date Jul 18, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
- Publication number 20190193283
- Publication date Jun 27, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
FOOD HANDLING GRIPPER
- Publication number 20190168398
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ENHANCEMENTS
- Publication number 20190168399
- Publication date Jun 6, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Publication number 20190099897
- Publication date Apr 4, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SERVO-PNEUMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS
- Publication number 20190030714
- Publication date Jan 31, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Ryan Knopf
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
ENHANCEMENT OF SOFT ROBOTIC GRIPPERS THROUGH INTEGRATION OF STIFF S...
- Publication number 20190009415
- Publication date Jan 10, 2019
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC RETRACTORS
- Publication number 20180325507
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC SURFACES
- Publication number 20180326579
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron Lessing
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT HUB AND GRASPER ASSEMBLY, REINFORC...
- Publication number 20180326597
- Publication date Nov 15, 2018
- Soft Robotics, Inc.
- Joshua Aaron LESSING
- B25 - HAND TOOLS PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS MANIPULATORS

Ryan Richard Knopf

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Soft robotic actuator enhancements

User-assisted robotic control systems

Soft actuator having a texturizable gripping surface

Self-contained robotic gripper system

Soft robotic actuator enhancements

Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforc...

User-assisted robotic control systems

Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfaces

Gripper with tunable compliance for dexterous object manipulation

Depth and vision sensors for challenging agricultural environments

Gripper tools for object grasping and manipulation

Servo-pneumatic control systems for soft robotic actuators

Soft actuators with tapered or skewed structures

User-assisted robotic control systems

User-assisted robotic control systems

User-assisted robotic control systems

Self-contained robotic gripper system

Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assembling

Soft robotic actuator enhancements

User-assisted robotic control systems

Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforc...

Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfaces

Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfaces

Modular robotic systems

Soft robotic grippers for cluttered grasping environments, high acc...

Soft robotic actuators and methods of manufacturing the same

Enhancement of soft robotic grippers through integration of stiff s...

Self-contained robotic gripper system

Base systems for supporting soft robotic actuators

Soft conformal laparoscopic instrument

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

USER-ASSISTED ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

ROBOTIC FRUIT HARVESTING SYSTEM

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ENHANCEMENTS

USER-ASSISTED ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC SURFACES

ROBOTIC HARVESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

GRIPPER TOOLS FOR OBJECT GRASPING, MANIPULATION, AND REMOVAL

DEPTH AND VISION SENSORS FOR CHALLENGING AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

FOOD HANDLING GRIPPER

GRIPPER TOOLS FOR OBJECT GRASPING AND MANIPULATION

RIPENESS DETECTION SYSTEM USING HUE COLOR SPACE AND PEAK FINDING

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ENHANCEMENTS

SELF-CONTAINED ROBOTIC GRIPPER SYSTEM

USER-ASSISTED ROBOTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT HUB AND GRASPER ASSEMBLY, REINFORC...

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC SURFACES

MODULAR ROBOTICS SYSTEMS

SELF-CONTAINED ROBOTIC GRIPPER SYSTEM

GRIPPER WITH TUNABLE COMPLIANCE FOR DEXTEROUS OBJECT MANIPULATION

SOFT CONFORMAL LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT

SOFT ROBOTIC GRIPPERS FOR CLUTTERED GRASPING ENVIRONMENTS, HIGH ACC...

MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

FOOD HANDLING GRIPPER

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ENHANCEMENTS

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

SERVO-PNEUMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS

ENHANCEMENT OF SOFT ROBOTIC GRIPPERS THROUGH INTEGRATION OF STIFF S...

SOFT ROBOTIC RETRACTORS

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATORS UTILIZING ASYMMETRIC SURFACES

SOFT ROBOTIC ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT HUB AND GRASPER ASSEMBLY, REINFORC...