ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,293, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Defense Inc. (Stillwater, Okla.).
"Cable spooler for a mobile robot" was invented by Richard J. Therrien (Chelmsford, Mass.), Annan M. Mozeika (Chelmsford, Mass.), Jordan D. Jesiolowski (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Adam Crowell (Chelmsford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for providing a wired connection between a ground-based robot and a controller. A cable handling system for a robot may include a base housing, a cable cartridge removably connected to the base housing, a control cable housed at least partially within the cable c...