US Patent Issued to TORC Robotics on Nov. 3 for "Systems and methods for supplying energy to an autonomous vehicle via a virtual interface" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,240, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Systems and methods for supplying energy to an autonomous vehicle via a virtual interface" was invented by Joshua Wise (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle can include first one or more sensors located on a first side of the autonomous vehicle; second one or more sensors located on a second side of the autonomous vehicle; and one or more processors. The can processors be configured to automatically control, using images generated by the first one or more sensors, the autonomous vehicle to an energy supply station responsive t...