ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,476, issued on July 14, was assigned to AUSTRALIAN DROID & ROBOT PTY LTD (Taringa, Australia).
"Excavation inspection and clearance system" was invented by Joe Cronin (Brisbane, Australia) and Mat Allan (Brisbane, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An excavation inspection and clearance method and system is provided. The method includes: navigating the excavation with one or more autonomous agents; searching, using one or more sensors of the autonomous agents, for persons and/or equipment in proximity of the autonomous agent while navigating the excavation; and determining clear zones around each of the one or more autonomous a...