US 12,246,447 B2
Edible soft robotic systems and methods
Akiva Meir Krauthamer, Orlando, FL (US); Kimberly Anne Humphreys, Orlando, FL (US); Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Winter Garden, FL (US); Elam Kevin Hertzler, Winter Garden, FL (US); and Timothy Fitzgerald Garnier, Leesburg, VA (US)
Assigned to Universal City Studios, LLC., Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/434,052.
Application 18/434,052 is a division of application No. 16/994,896, filed on Aug. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,868, filed on Oct. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,405, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0173853 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. B25J 9/14 (2006.01); A63G 31/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); A63G 31/12 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/142 (2013.01) [A63G 31/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/0015 (2013.01); B25J 11/0045 (2013.01); A63F 2250/022 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edible soft robot system, comprising:
an interactive surface comprising a plurality of elements arranged in an array;
a plurality of edible inflatable objects disposed on the interactive surface, wherein each individual edible inflatable object is in contact with at least one element of the plurality of elements; and
a control system configured to control activation of the plurality of elements to cause at least one edible inflatable object of the plurality of edible inflatable objects to actuate.