ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,791, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Agility Robotics Inc. (Salem, Ore.).
"Lidar sensors of legged robots and related technology" was invented by Mitchell Bernards (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Todd Lewis (Pittsburgh) and Stefan Klein (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes a neck region through which the robot is configured to transmit and receive light. The robot defines a robot height and includes a body, a head carried by the body, and a neck extending between the head and the body along the robot height. The robot further includes a structur...