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Robert F. Shepherd
Also filed as: SHEPHERD ROBERT · SHEPHERD ROBERT F · SHEPHERD ROBERT FOSTER
31 granted patents·6 pending applications·266 citations·filing 1990–2022
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37 records- 0196US9464642B2Soft robotic actuatorsILIEVSKI FILIP·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 11, 2016·59 cites·34 claims
- 0295US10233910B2Flexible thin robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 19, 2019·32 cites·20 claims
- 0392US10465723B2Soft robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 5, 2019·14 cites·25 claims
- 0490US9506455B2Flexible robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·23 cites·28 claims
- 0586US9981377B2Flexible robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Granted May 29, 2018·19 cites·13 claims
- 0682US9962832B2Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard componentsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Granted May 8, 2018·11 cites·20 claims
- 0781US9945397B2Systems and methods for actuating soft robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 17, 2018·4 cites·16 claims
- 0878US5117423AData transmission over a time division duplex channelPHILIPS CORP·Filed 1990·Granted May 26, 1992·81 cites·14 claims
- 0974US10843336B2Magnetic assembly of soft robots with hard componentsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 24, 2020·2 cites·2 claims
- 1074US9045657B2Viscoelastic ink for direct writing of hydrogel structuresLEWIS JENNIFER A·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 2, 2015·6 cites·19 claims
- 1173US10976207B2Sensors with elastomeric foams and uses thereofUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 13, 2021·3 cites·37 claims
- 1272US10994413B2Flexible robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2018·Granted May 4, 2021·2 cites·24 claims
- 1371US10639801B2Low strain pneumatic networks for soft robotsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Granted May 5, 2020·2 cites·32 claims
- 1469US11921321B2Elastomeric lightguide coupling for continuous position localization in 1,2, and 3DUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 5, 2024·0 cites·25 claims
- 1565US10406698B2Apparatus, systems, and methods for modular soft robotsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 10, 2019·2 cites·23 claims
- 1664US11473942B2Waveguides for use in sensors or displaysUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 18, 2022·1 cites·40 claims
- 1763US11788869B2Waveguides for use in sensors or displaysUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2022·Granted Oct 17, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 1861US10344176B2Printable elastomer materialsUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 9, 2019·0 cites·15 claims
- 1957US11614583B2Waveguide and sensor based on sameUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 28, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 2056US11077587B2Stretchable surfaces with programmable textureUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 3, 2021·0 cites·10 claims
- 2156US2018363683A1Systems and methods for actuating soft robotic actuatorsHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2018·Application pending·0 cites
- 2255US11500152B2Elastomeric lightguide coupling for continuous position localization in 1,2, and 3DUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 15, 2022·0 cites·27 claims
- 2352US11773948B2Passive transmissions, and methods of making and using sameUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 3, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 2452US11701245B2Electrohydraulic batteries and devices and systems including sameUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2020·Granted Jul 18, 2023·0 cites·17 claims
- 2552US2016221302A1Configurable compositesHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 2651US10299779B2Soft bladder for interabdominal surgeryHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2014·Granted May 28, 2019·0 cites·9 claims
- 2751US2011014996A1Higher performance golf club and attachment for golf club, golf ball, athletic shoes, and athletic shin guards using shear-thickening fluidsLIQUID GLASS TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2849US10689044B2Resilient, untethered soft robotHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·17 claims
- 2948US11353046B2Microscale combustion for high density soft actuationUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2020·Granted Jun 7, 2022·0 cites·21 claims
- 3048US10944072B2Stretchable electroluminescent devicesUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 9, 2021·0 cites·40 claims
- 3147US12011516B2Foam actuatorsUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2017·Granted Jun 18, 2024·0 cites·32 claims
- 3247US10767024B2Soft actuator and methods of fabricationUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 8, 2020·0 cites·23 claims
- 3346US10882195B2Method for making a soft actuator deviceUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 5, 2021·0 cites·11 claims
- 3446US2020032062A1Polymer compositions for 3-d printing and 3-d printersUNIV CORNELL·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 3537US2014220500A1Manipulation of flames and related methods and apparatusCADEMARTIRI LUDOVICO·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 3637US2002071162A1Method of implementing optical data transmission of mobile station, data transmission element and mobile station standFiled 2001·Application pending·0 cites
- 3728US5398248AResolving conflicts between communication systemsPHILIPS CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Mar 14, 1995·5 cites·7 claims
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