US Patent Issued to Telecom Italia on March 31 for "System and method for controlling unmanned autonomous vehicles" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,235, issued on March 31, was assigned to Telecom Italia S.p.A. (Milan).

"System and method for controlling unmanned autonomous vehicles" was invented by Roberto Antonini (Turin, Italy), Marco Gaspardone (Turin, Italy) and Mauro Alberto Rossotto (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided, comprising an automatic drive system connected to a communication network and configured to drive flying unmanned autonomous vehicles by exchanging messages and commands with the unmanned autonomous vehicles exploiting a communication link between the communication network and unmanned autonomous vehicles. The system further c...