ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,421, issued on July 21, was assigned to ECOVACS ROBOTICS Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).
"Autonomous mobile robot" was invented by Keting Yang (Suzhou, China), Ya Liu (Suzhou, China), Qingtao Chen (Suzhou, China) and Zeheng Tang (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an autonomous mobile robot, includes a cover, a base and a pressure sensor assembly; the cover includes a top plate and a side plate that are integrally arranged, a connecting portion is formed between the top plate and the side plate, and the connecting portion is at least partially higher than the top plate; the base is arranged below the top plate; and th...