ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,860, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Robot and controlling method thereof" was invented by Duckhwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woojong Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junesuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes: a communication interface, a memory, and a processor configured to: transmit identification information and state information of the robot to an external server; based on receiving, from the external server, first information including identification information, type information and state information of at least one other robot...