ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,339, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Robotic tool system and control method thereof" was invented by Wei Xu (Changzhou, China), Yanliang Zhu (Changzhou, China) and Xian Zhuang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic tool system includes a robotic tool and a navigation control device. The robotic tool system is used to move in a working area and perform a work task. The navigation control device is detachably connected with the robotic tool and includes a navigation assembly, a planning assembly and a communication assembly. The navigation assembly is used to rec...