US Patent Issued to ReconRobotics on June 2 for "Two wheeled robot with enhanced climbing features" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,248, issued on June 2, was assigned to ReconRobotics Inc. (Edina, Minn.).

"Two wheeled robot with enhanced climbing features" was invented by Casey R. Carlson (Independence, Minn.), Andrew Drenner (Savage, Minn.), Alex J. Kossett (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Ian T. Burt (West St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot has an electronic surveillance system embedded within a chassis disposed between two wheels. The wheels include a main body and a plurality of treads. The treads are generally disposed radially around the main body and extend distally from outer portion of the main body. The main body generally defines a plurality...