ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,829, issued on May 26, was assigned to AIM Intelligent Machines Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Autonomous control of powered earth-moving vehicles to inhibit vehicle slippage" was invented by Jonathan D. Hurwitz (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are described for implementing autonomous control of powered earth-moving vehicles, including to automatically control movement of some or all of a powered earth-moving vehicle on a job site to conform with specified safety configuration data, such as to halt or otherwise inhibit unplanned slippage on a sloped and/or slick surface. For example, the safety configuration da...