ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,276, issued on March 24, was assigned to AI Inc. (Toronto).

"Charging station with magnetic charging contacts for mobile robotic devices" was invented by Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Included is a method for charging a mobile robotic device, including: transmitting, with a transmitter disposed on the mobile robotic device, signals; receiving, with a receiver disposed on a charging station of the mobile robotic device, the signals; and detecting, with the charging station, the mobile robotic device approaching for charging when the mobile robotic device is within a range of the receiver of the ...