ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,343, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Quadrupedal walking robot" was invented by Masayuki Kamon (Kobe, Japan), Tatsuhiko Kato (Kobe, Japan) and So Yukizaki (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quadrupedal walking robot includes: a main body including a seat portion on which a person is to sit astride; a handle to be gripped by the person seated on the seat portion; four leg portions coupled to the main body and configured to perform a bending operation, each of the four leg portions including two or more joints; a plurality of actuators configured to drive the plurality of joints; an o...