ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,618, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FIGURE AI INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Head and neck assembly of a humanoid robot" was invented by David McCall (San Jose, Calif.), Sydney Hardy (San Jose, Calif.) and Katarina Rodak (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humanoid robot includes an upper region includes a head and neck assembly having a neck portion and a head portion coupled to the neck portion. Said head portion includes: a frontal shell having a rear edge, a rear shell having a frontal edge, and an electronics assembly. The electronics assembly includes various components and devices used in the operation of the human...