ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,342, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to BLADEBUG Ltd. (London).

"System and method of robot locomotion" was invented by Christopher Robert Cieslak (London Greater London, Great Britain), Matthew James Cocking (London Greater London, Great Britain), Hasan Amin (London Greater London, Great Britain), Aksat Shah (London Greater London, Great Britain) and Brodie Clark (London Greater London, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic device (300) for inspecting structures, comprising: a body (302) extending in a longitudinal direction of the robotic device (300), the body (302) having a front end (304), a rear end (306), and ...