US Patent Issued to FIGURE AI on Aug. 11 for "Torso of a humanoid robot" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,556, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FIGURE AI INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Torso of a humanoid robot" was invented by Brian Mick (San Jose, Calif.), Katarina Rodak (San Jose, Calif.), Emily Bartling (San Jose, Calif.), Nivay Anandarajah (San Jose, Calif.) and Huize Li (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a humanoid robot with an arrangement of components that allows the robot to mimic the movements, functionality and capabilities of a human being. The robot includes a torso having a side portion and a vent opening positioned near said side portion, and a fan positioned within an extent of ...