ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,127, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Weed control with an autonomous work device" was invented by Nils Einecke (Offenbach, Germany) and Mathias Franzius (Offenbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weed control method for an autonomous work device comprising driving means configured to move the autonomous work device in an outdoor environment, sensor means configured to sense an environment of the autonomous work device and to generate a sensor signal based on the sensed environment, and a control circuit configured to control the driving means to navigate the autonomous work device in the en...