ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,534, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SHENZHEN PUDU TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method and system for controlling robot to take elevator" was invented by Yongsheng Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a robot control method includes: during the process of a robot advancing from a target elevator-waiting place to a target elevator-taking place in an elevator car, acquiring the distance between the robot and an obstacle; and if the distance is greater than a preset distance threshold value, controlling the robot to advance to the target elevator-taking place at a preset speed until the robo...