Patents by Inventor Alberto BRANDO

Alberto BRANDO 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).

  • A ROBOTIC HAND
    Publication number: 20220176569
    Abstract: A robotic hand is provided including a main body defining the body of the robotic hand and a longitudinal axis; a finger hinged to the main body; an attachment defining the attachment surface for attaching to an external member; and a hinge defining a mutual rotation axis between the attachment and main body so as to vary the angle between the longitudinal axis and the normal to the attachment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Alberto BRANDO, Riccardo PERSICHINI
  • Underactuated robotic hand
    Patent number: 10695913
    Abstract: Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA
    Inventors: Antonio Bicchi, Cosimo Della Santina, Alberto Brando, Cristina Piazza, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli
  • UNDERACTUATED ROBOTIC HAND
    Publication number: 20180311827
    Abstract: Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Antonio BICCHI, Cosimo DELLA SANTINA, Alberto BRANDO, Cristina PIAZZA, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI