ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,801, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp. (Vancouver, Canada).
"Robotic torso" was invented by Connor Richard Shannon (Vancouver, Canada), Hessam Maleki (Burnaby, Canada), James Zhong Sheng Liu (Burnaby, Canada), Matthew Hill (Vancouver, Canada) and Seymur Dadashov (Richmond, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic torso for a humanoid robot includes a first torso member having an axial axis aligned with a reference axis and a second torso member having at least one mounting portion for at least one humanoid component. The robotic torso includes a series of actuators arranged in a column betwee...