US Patent Issued to Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development on June 30 for "Telepresence control schemes for hazardous environments" (Qatari Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,817, issued on June 30, was assigned to Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (Doha, Qatar).

"Telepresence control schemes for hazardous environments" was invented by John Cabibihan (Doha, Qatar), Sammy Sedrati (Doha, Qatar) and Mohamed Ali Hammami (Doha, Qatar).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a mobile robot, a first imaging device configured to inspect an area surrounding the mobile robot, a UV disinfection mechanism attached to the mobile robot, and a telepresence control mechanism configured to control the mobile robot. The UV disinfection mechanism is configured to disinfect the area su...