US Patent Issued on June 23 for "Remotely controlled or autonomous marsupial system and methods for remotely or autonomously performing operations with same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,943, issued on June 23.

"Remotely controlled or autonomous marsupial system and methods for remotely or autonomously performing operations with same" was invented by Mohammadreza Tavakolikhaledi (Vancouver, Canada) and Pouya Kamalinejad (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marsupial robotics system for performing an operation, such as inspection, on various surfaces is presented herein. The marsupial robotics system can be employed for performing the operation on various environments and surfaces in remotely controlled and autonomous fashions. The marsupial robotics system includes an aerial vehicle and a crawler detac...