ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,049, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.) and ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Systems and methods for reinforcement learning control of a powered prosthesis" was invented by He Huang (Cary, N.C.), Yue Wen (Raleigh, N.C.), Jennie Si (Phoenix), Xiang Gao (Tempe, Ariz.) and Minhan Li (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for tuning a powered prosthesis are described herein. A system includes a powered prosthesis including a joint, a motor mechanically coupled to the joint, a plurality of sensors, a finite stat...