ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,946, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Renovate Robotics Inc. (Spokane, Wash.).

"Devices configured to operate on an angled surface, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Andrew Stulc (New York), James Schwartz (New York), Thomas Forsyth (New York) and Adam Baumgartner (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices configured to operate on an angled surface (e.g., a roof), and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, representative systems include an apparatus with a body assembly, an arm assembly coupled to the body assembly, and a material handling assembly coupled to the arm assemb...