Patents Assigned to Boston Dynamics
  • Printed circuit board electrorheological fluid valve
    Patent number: 9441753
    Abstract: A printed circuit board electrorheological fluid valve and method with spaced, bonded, epoxy printed circuit board laminates defining flow channels therebetween. Electrodes are formed on opposite surfaces of the flow channels and surface pads on a laminate are electrically connected to the electrodes for applying a voltage thereto controlling the flow of electrorheological fluid in the flow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Boston Dynamics
    Inventors: Marc Strauss, Michael Murphy
  • Robot and robot leg mechanism
    Patent number: 7734375
    Abstract: A robot with a body, at least one leg on each side of the body, and a hip connecting the leg to the body. The hip is configured to abduct and adduct the leg. A linkage is configured to rotate the leg along a predetermined path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Boston Dynamics
    Inventors: Martin Buehler, Aaron Saunders