ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,420, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Human-robot collaboration for 3D functional mapping" was invented by David Gonzalez Aguirre (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of techniques, systems, and use cases may be used for human-robot collaboration for three-dimensional (3D) functional mapping. An example technique may include receiving identification of a direction or location based on a user gaze identified via an extended reality device, causing environmental data of an environment to be captured using a sensor of a robotic device corresponding to the direction or locatio...