ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,500, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).

"Operation for a robotic work tool" was invented by Jonas Holgersson (Huskvarna, Sweden), Marcus Liljedahl (Huskvarna, Sweden), Jonas Rangsjo (Linkoping, Sweden), Andreas Peterson (Jonkoping, Sweden), Patrik Jagenstedt (Tenhult, Sweden) and Mattias Kamfors (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic work tool system comprising at least one robotic work tool arranged to operate in a work area, the robotic work tool comprising at least one sensor and a communication interface, the robotic work tool being configured to establish a connection to a...