ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,524, issued on July 15, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).
"Robotic lawn mowers" was invented by Man Ho Choi (Kwai Chung, China), Hei Man Lee (Kwai Chung, China) and Shing Hin Li (Kwai Chung, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mowing system including a base station disposed at a work area; and a plurality of robotic lawn mowers disposed at the work area, the plurality of robotic lawn mowers including a first robotic lawn mower and a second robotic lawn mower, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with the second robotic lawn mower through the first robotic lawn mower."
The patent was filed o...