ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,313, issued on June 16, was assigned to THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Extendable variable-stiffness boom-lift-mounted robot with vibration compensation" was invented by Molong Duan (Hong Kong) and Yi Zhou (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Architectures and techniques are provided for improved vibration compensation for a boom lift-robot-mounted (BLMR) system, which can result in improved BLMR operating precision and safety at a reduced cost. Boom lifts typically contain extendable large-scale, variable-stiffness structures, subject to complex nonlinear static deformation and dynamic...