US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on March 17 for "Robotic with depth finding capability and method of using" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,536, issued on March 17, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Robotic with depth finding capability and method of using" was invented by Daniel Trombone (North Las Vegas, Nev.) and Matthew Ruben (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot for disposal of hazardous ordnance, such as IEDs. The robot has a pair of opposed grippers extending outwardly in the longitudinal direction to respective distal ends. The grippers are mutually openable and closable to grasp the ordnance. As the grippers open and close they automatically move aft and fore, res...