ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,622, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Magnetic robot" was invented by Gun Hee Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jun Chi Sa (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Min Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Jun Hyoung Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a magnetic robot. The magnetic robot according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; and a work member which is connected to the body so as to be positioned in an anterior region of the body, and which is provided to be rotatable around a longitu...