Patents by Inventor Jean-Philippe Roberge

Jean-Philippe Roberge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patterned and instrumented directional adhesives for enhanced gripping with industrial manipulators
    Patent number: 10875190
    Abstract: Gripper pads are provided for use, augmentation or retrofitting in a robot manipulator. The gripper pads distinguish a dry adhesive layer with dry adhesive wedges that would interface with an object that is desired to be manipulated. The plurality of dry adhesive wedges is organized in a pattern such that the pattern has at least two different orientations for the direction of the plurality of wedges. The gripper pads further distinguish a sensor array underneath the dry adhesive layer. The data obtained from the sensor array provides an estimate of the shape and size of the contact between the gripper pad and the object when the dry adhesive layer is in contact with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Mark R. Cutkosky, Wilson Ruotolo, Jean-Philippe Roberge
  • Patterned and instrumented directional adhesives for enhanced gripping with industrial manipulators
    Publication number: 20190143532
    Abstract: Gripper pads are provided for use, augmentation or retrofitting in a robot manipulator. The gripper pads distinguish a dry adhesive layer with dry adhesive wedges that would interface with an object that is desired to be manipulated. The plurality of dry adhesive wedges is organized in a pattern such that the pattern has at least two different orientations for the direction of the plurality of wedges. The gripper pads further distinguish a sensor array underneath the dry adhesive layer. The data obtained from the sensor array provides an estimate of the shape and size of the contact between the gripper pad and the object when the dry adhesive layer is in contact with the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Mark R. Cutkosky, Wilson Ruotolo, Jean-Philippe Roberge