ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,053, issued on May 19, was assigned to ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for operating a mobile robot" was invented by Jason Mercer (Kitchener, Canada), Ivor Wanders (Kitchener, Canada), Ryan Christopher Gariepy (Kitchener, Canada), Peiyi Chen (Kitchener, Canada), Krispin Alexander Davies (Waterloo, Canada) and Farwa Khan (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for operating a mobile robot is disclosed. The system can include a processor and a plurality of sensors mounted on the mobile robot. The method includes operating the mobile robot to autonomously ...