ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,495, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Mobile robot and method of controlling the same" was invented by Hyeon Sik Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Joo Young Chun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of controlling a mobile robot, the robot can include a body, wheels provided at one side of the body, link members and spring members configured to connect the body and the wheels, a drive motor configured to provide rotational driving power for rotating the wheels, and a steering motor configured to provide steering driving p...