ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,649, issued on July 14, was assigned to Mytra Inc. (Brisbane, Calif.).

"Robot system for storage automation and/or method therefor" was invented by Gagandeep Thable (Brisbane, Calif.), Kody Brown (Brisbane, Calif.), Stefan Ozog (Winnipeg, Canada), Ryan Williams (Brisbane, Calif.) and Christopher Walti (Brisbane, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The system can include: a chassis, sensor suite, computing system, a set of drive mechanisms, a set of deployment mechanisms, and/or any other suitable components. The system can optionally include a support tray and a set of tray actuators. However, the system can additionally or alterna...