MUMBAI, India, Feb. 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511099317 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Rupnagar, Punjab, on Oct. 14, 2025, for 'reconfigurable manipulator assembly.'
Inventor(s) include Gautam, Shashank Mani; Patel, Shreyas Maheshkumar; Padhee, Srikant Sekhar; Singla, Ashish; and Singla, Ekta.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 13, under issue no. 07/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a reconfigurable manipulator assembly (100) comprising at least one manipulator linkage configured with at least one actuator bracket (150) for mounting at least one actuator (110) in said manipulator linkage; at least on actuator (110) to provide a predefined motion to said manipulator linkage; at least one module bracket (140) to mount a manipulator link/module; at least one link (120) with a predefined length for interconnecting two manipulator links/modules; and at least one twist module (130) for securely mounting at least one link (120), at least one twist module (130) and at least one module bracket (140), at least one actuator bracket (150) for mounting at least one actuator (110) at a predefined twist angle. The reconfigurable manipulator assembly (100) offers a unique design of modules, keeping the focus on easy reconfiguration and requiring minimum changes to support a wide range of actuators."
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