US Patent Issued to Yamabiko on Sept. 1 for "Work robot" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,257, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Yamabiko Corp. (Tokyo).

"Work robot" was invented by Daisuke Ishihira (Ohme, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work robot, capable of suppressing a decrease in work efficiency in an area where an obstacle exists, includes a traveling device, first and second collision sensors and a control device. The control device is configured to determine based the first and second collision sensors, whether or not the work robot has collided with an obstacle, and further determine whether the work robot has collided with the obstacle on a left side or on a right side with respect to the center of the ...