ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,736, issued on July 14, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).

"Robotic work tool grass detection and directional operation systems and methods" was invented by Rickard Landin (Huskvarna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic work tool system comprising a robotic work tool arranged to operate in an operational area at least partially covered with grass, wherein the operational area is bounded by a rudimentary boundary, and the robotic work tool comprising a grass sensor and a controller is configured to receive sensor input from the grass sensors, determine a position of the robotic work tool, determine that the ...