US Patent Issued on April 7 for "Automated systems and methods for installing fasteners through construction connectors" (California, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,676, issued on April 7.

"Automated systems and methods for installing fasteners through construction connectors" was invented by Michael O'Brien (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Robert T. Winslow (Park City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) may include a guidance system, a propulsion system, an imaging system, at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include automatically navigating the UGV to an imaging location through employment of the guidance system, the propulsion system, and the imagin...