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Physical Intelligence Patent A Liquid Repellent Fibrillar Dry Adhesive Material and a Method of Producing the Same Sitti, M., Drotlef, D., Liimatainen, V. 2023, US Patent App. 17/785,452 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Carrier, use of a carrier, method of activating a carrier and method of making a carrier Drotlef, D., Sitti, M., Amjadi, M. 2023, US Patent App. 16/500,442 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives M Sitti, M. M. B. A. 2023, US Patent 11,773,298, 2023 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Magnetic trap system and method of navigating a microscopic device Son, D., Ugurlu, M., Bluemer, P., Sitti, M. 2023, US Patent App. 17/871,598 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Method of fabricating a magnetic deformable machine and deformable 3D magnetic machine Zhang, J., Ren, Z., Hu, W., Sitti, M. 2023, US Patent App. 18/020,161 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Microfibers with mushroom-shaped tips for optimal adhesion Sitti, M., Aksak, B. 2023, US Patent 11,613,674 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Simultaneous calibration method for magnetic localization and actuation systems Sitti, M., Son, D., Dong, X. 2023, US Patent 11,717,142 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Tube-shaped robotic device with anisotropic surface structure Wang, T., Hu, W., Sitti, M. 2023, US Patent App. 18/133,104 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR MAKING DRY ADHESIVES Metin Sitti, M. M. B. A. December 2022, US Patent App. 17/895,334, 2022 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Heat assisted magnetic programming of soft materials Sitti, M., Alapan, Y., Karacakol, A. 2021, International App. PCT/EP2021/060313 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Light-triggered Drug Release from 3D-printed Magnetic Chitosan Microswimmers Sitti, M., Bozuyuk, U., Ceylan, H., Yasa, O., Yasa, I. C. 2021, US Patent App. 17/274215, Feb.2021 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Magnetic trap system and method of navigating a microscopic device Sitti, M., Son, D., Bluemler, P. 2021, EP Prio. Patent App. 21 187 691.7 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Magnetically actuated capsule endoscope, magnetic field generating and sensing apparatus and method of actuating a magnetically actuated capsule endoscope Sitti, M., Son, D. 2021, US Patent App. 16/617,348 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Method of making one or more fibrils, computer implemented method of simulating an adhesive force of one or more fibrils and fibril Sitti, M., Liimatainen, V. 2021, EP Prio. Patent App. 21 162 253.5 (Published) BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Three-dimensional assembly based microfabrication strategy for magnetic soft machines Sitti, M., Zhang, J., Ren, Z., Hu, W. 2021, International App. PCT/EP2021/071716 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Fibrillar structures to reduce viscous drag on aerodynamic and hydrodynamic wall surfaces Castillo, L., Aksak, B., Sitti, M. March 2020, US Patent 10,830,261 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Gripping apparatus and method of producing a gripping apparatus Song, S., Sitti, M., Drotlef, D., Majidi, C. Google Patents, February 2020, US Patent App. 16/610,209
The present invention relates to a gripping apparatus comprising a membrane; a flexible housing; with said membrane being fixedly connected to a periphery of the housing. The invention further relates to a method of producing a gripping apparatus.
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Physical Intelligence Patent Method and device for reversibly attaching a phase changing metal to an object Zhou Ye, G. Z. L. M. S. US Patent Application 10675718, January 2020
A method for reversibly attaching a phase changing metal to an object, the method comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having at least one surface at which the phase changing metal is attached, heating the phase changing metal above a phase changing temperature at which the phase changing metal changes its phase from solid to liquid, bringing the phase changing metal, when the phase changing metal is in the liquid phase or before the phase changing metal is brought into the liquid phase, into contact with the object, permitting the phase changing metal to cool below the phase changing temperature, whereby the phase changing metal becomes solid and the object and the phase changing metal become attached to each other, reheating the phase changing metal above the phase changing temperature to liquefy the phase changing metal, and removing the substrate from the object, with the phase changing metal separating from the object and remaining with the substrate.
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Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Patent Method of actuating a shape changeable member, shape changeable member and actuating system Hu, W., Lum, G. Z., Mastrangeli, M., Sitti, M. Google Patents, January 2020, US Patent App. 16/477,593
The present invention relates to a method of actuating a shape changeable member of actuatable material. The invention further relates to a shape changeable member and to a system comprising such a shape changeable member and a magnetic field apparatus.
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Physical Intelligence Patent Method of fabricating a shape-changeable magentic member, method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member and shape changeable magnetic member Guo Zhan Lum, Z. Y. M. S. US Patent Application 16845646, January 2020
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member comprising a plurality of segments with each segment being able to be magnetized with a desired magnitude and orientation of magnetization, to a method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member composed of a plurality of segments and to a shape changeable magnetic member.
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Physical Intelligence Patent Method for producing an XUV and X-ray diffractive optic SANLI, U. T., Ceylan, H., Sitti, M., SCHÜTZ, G., Keskinbora, K. 2020, US Patent App. 16/979,121 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Microfibers with mushroom-shaped tips for optimal adhesion Sitti, M., Aksak, B. 2020, US Patent 10,689,549 URL BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent A liquid repellent fibrillar dry adhesive material and a method of producing the same Sitti, M., Liimatainen, V. 2019, EP Patent App. 19 218 616.1, Dec.2019 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Method of assembling mobile micro-machines and a mobile micro-machine Sitti, M., Yigit, M. B., Alapan, Y., Beker, O. 2019, International Application, Sep.2019, PCT/EP2019/075564 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Simultaneous calibration method for magnetic localization and actuation systems Sitti, M., Son, D., Dong, X. 2019, US Patent App. 16/696,605, Nov.2019 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Method of molding simple or complex micro and/or nanopatterned features on both planar or non-planar molded objects and surfaces and the molded objects produced using same Sitti, M., Glass, P. S., Aksak, B. 2017, US Patent 9,566,722 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Methods, apparatuses, and systems for micromanipulation with adhesive fibrillar structures Sitti, M., Mengüç, Y. US Patent 9,731,422, 2017
The present invention are methods for fabrication of micro- and/or nano-scale adhesive fibers and their use for movement and manipulation of objects. Further disclosed is a method of manipulating a part by providing a manipulation device with a plurality of fibers, where each fiber has a tip with a flat surface that is parallel to a backing layer, contacting the flat surfaces on an object, moving the object to a new location, then disengaging the tips from the object.
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Physical Intelligence Patent Remotely addressable magnetic composite micro-actuators Sitti, M., Diller, E., Miyashita, S. February 2016, US Patent 9,281,112
The present invention describes methods to fabricate actuators that can be remotely controlled in an addressable manner, and methods to provide remote control such micro-actuators. The actuators are composites of two permanent magnet materials, one of which is has high coercivity, and the other of which switches magnetization direction by applied fields. By switching the second material's magnetization direction, the two magnets either work together or cancel each other, resulting in distinct “on” and “off” behavior of the devices. The device can be switched “on” or “off” remotely using a field pulse of short duration.
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Physical Intelligence Patent Methods of forming dry adhesive structures Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B. September 2015, US Patent 9,120,953
Methods of forming dry adhesives including a method of making a dry adhesive including applying a liquid polymer to the second end of the stem, molding the liquid polymer on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem, curing the liquid polymer in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold, and removing the tip from the mold after the liquid polymer cures.
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Physical Intelligence Patent Micro-fiber arrays with tip coating and transfer method for preparing same Sitti, M., Washburn, N. R., Glass, P. S., Chung, H. July 2015, US Patent 9,079,215
Present invention describes a patterned and coated micro- and nano-scale fibers elastomeric material for enhanced adhesion in wet or dry environments. A multi-step fabrication process including optical lithography, micromolding, polymer synthesis, dipping, stamping, and photopolymerization is described to produce uniform arrays of micron-scale fibers with mushroom-shaped tips coated with a thin layer of an intrinsically adhesive synthetic polymer, such as lightly crosslinked p(DMA-co-MEA).
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Physical Intelligence Patent Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B. March 2015, US Patent App. 14/625,162
Dry adhesives and methods for forming dry adhesives. A method of forming a dry adhesive structure on a substrate, comprises: forming a template backing layer of energy sensitive material on the substrate; forming a template layer of energy sensitive material on the template backing layer; exposing the template layer to a predetermined pattern of energy; removing a portion of the template layer related to the predetermined pattern of energy, and leaving a template structure formed from energy sensitive material and connected to the substrate via the template backing layer.
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