ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,942, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to August Robotics Ltd. (Shatin, Hong Kong).

"Vehicle navigation positioning method and apparatus, and base station, system and readable storage medium" was invented by Alexander August Wyatt (Shatin, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Autonomous robotic systems are described. In many embodiments, precision movement is achieved using one or more base stations configured to correct errors that accrue in autonomous vehicles nearby. In many embodiments, a fleet of autonomous vehicles are in communication with one or more base stations. In some embodiments, autonomous vehicles have rotating optica...