ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,804, issued on April 7, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Mobile robot motion control method and mobile robot" was invented by Shuai Wang (Shenzhen, China), Jingfan Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Zhaoxiang Li (Shenzhen, China), Jiahao Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Yu Zheng (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a mobile robot and a method for controlling motion of the mobile robot. The mobile robot includes a first wheel part having a telescopic leg portion, a second wheel part having a telescopic leg portion, and a base part connected to the first wheel part and the second whe...