ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,891, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Life-saving robot" was invented by Sung Jun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Hoon Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jin Wook Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A life-saving robot includes a housing having a round ring shape, a buoyancy generator disposed at an upper portion of the housing, a thrust generator disposed at a lower portion of the housing and configured to provide propulsive force, a driver configured to provide power to the thrust generator, and a guard portion that is disposed ...