US Patent Issued to Kodiak Robotics on Sept. 8 for "Sensor pod with user interface" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,801, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Kodiak Robotics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Sensor pod with user interface" was invented by Andreas Wendel (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle includes a sensor pod having a mirror, a connecting assembly extending between the sensor pod and the autonomous vehicle, and a user interface provided on the sensor pod. The user interface is configured to provide two-way communication between a local user and a remote user."

The patent was filed on March 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/117,330.

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