ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,043, issued on April 14, was assigned to Symbol Robotics Inc. (Winter Park, Fla.).

"Robot for assisting with and performing household chores" was invented by Paulo Camasmie (Winter Park, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding robot for assisting with and performing household chores includes a head having a screen and a sensor, an elongate neck member, a torso, one or more arms connected to the torso, a riser member connected and rotatable with respect to the torso, one or more legs connected to the riser member by a hip joint, and a controller configured to send and receive data associated with the robot for completion of hou...