ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,079, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ROAM ROBOTICS INC. (San Francisco).

"Actuator features to improve function of a mobile robot" was invented by Linus Park (Pacifica, Calif.), Kevin Conrad Kemper (San Francisco), Timothy Alan Swift (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Ashley Swartz (Daly City, Calif.), Drew Heltsley (San Francisco), Ronald Lam (Berkeley, Calif.), Kris Li (San Francisco), Armand Matossian (Reno, Nev.) and Kyle Motter (Fort Myers, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exoskeleton system that includes at least one actuator unit having an upper arm and a lower arm that are rotatably coupled via a joint and a fluidic actuator th...