ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,960, issued on July 28, was assigned to Apptronik Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Humanoid robot" was invented by Paul Gloninger Fleury (Austin, Texas), Bradley Aaron Resh (Austin, Texas), Joseph Michael Young (Riverside, Calif.), Jonas Alexan Fox (Austin, Texas) and Nicholas Arden Paine (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a robot includes operating a robot that includes a body assembly that includes a frame formed of at least one body joint assembly, and at least one pair of joint linear actuators that form the at least one body joint. The method further includes controlling the at least one pair of joint line...