ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,446, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HAI ROBOTICS Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Handling robot" was invented by Yuqi Chen (Shenzhen, China) and Zhe Kong (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling robot includes a chassis, a vertical bracket arranged on the chassis, a handling assembly slidably connected to the vertical bracket, a holder connected to the vertical bracket and a transfer component connected to the vertical bracket. The handling assembly is configured to retrieve or place a first container from or to a warehouse shelf. The holder is configured to hold a second container. The transfer component is config...