US Patent Issued to Seoul National University R&DB Foundation on March 24 for "Neck device for absorbing shock and reducing vibration of legged mobile robot" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,134, issued on March 24, was assigned to Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Neck device for absorbing shock and reducing vibration of legged mobile robot" was invented by Taekyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Dongjun Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a neck device for absorbing shock and reducing vibration of a legged mobile robot. The device may include a shock absorber, a sensor platform coupled to a part of the shock absorber, and a variable dynamic vibration absorber mounted on the sensor platform. The shock absorber may be fixed to a body portion of the legged mobile...