ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,460, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Live inspector robot" was invented by Abdullah Mohammed Al Amri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Radwan Abdullah Basalamah (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a robot is disclosed for performing inspection in a facility. The robot includes a plurality of wheels, a pneumatic motor configured to drive the plurality of wheels, a transmission, and an air tank configured to supply compressed air to the pneumatic motor. The robot further includes an air compressor configured to fill the air tank with the compressed air, ...