ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,232, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Singapore University of Technology & Design (Singapore).

"Robot system including an aerial vehicle and a ground vehicle" was invented by Shaohui Foong (Singapore), Jer Luen Chien (Singapore), Clarissa Tze Lyn Leong (Singapore), Jingmin Liu (Singapore) and Jia Hwee Low (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects concerning a robot system is provided comprising a ground vehicle, an aerial vehicle capable of flight, and a tether connecting the aerial vehicle to the ground vehicle, wherein the tether comprises on or more Bowden cables, each having an inner cable connected at one end to a resp...