ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,950, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dexterity Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Robotic system with independently controllable higher derivatives" was invented by Samir Menon (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Zhouwen Sun (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system with independently controllable higher derivatives is disclosed. An indication is received of a trajectory through which an end effector comprising a robotic arm is to be moved. A plan is determined to use a combination of one or more motors and one or more energy removal devices to move one or more elements comprising the robotic arm in a manner that will res...