MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621028790 A) filed by Institute Of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on March 11, for 'dual-mode rover for autonomous navigation and multi-surface operation.'

Inventor(s) include Dr Dhaval B. Shah; Dr Absar M. Lakdawala; Dharmik Makim; Yashvi Tanwar; Vinit Tandel; Preya Parikh; and Harsh Trivedi.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A six-wheeled rover (100) includes a chassis (110), a rocker-bogie suspension (200) with differential linkage (240), and wheels (301-303, 305-307). Four corner wheels (301,303,305,307) are i...