MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541123208 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 6, 2025, for 'autonomous navigation robot with servo-mounted ultrasonic scanning and path retracing.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Shanmugasundara M M; and Mr. Tarique Zahir Hussain.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides an autonomous navigation robot system having a mobile platform with chassis and wheels, a processing unit executing navigation algorithms, an ultrasonic sensor measuring distances to obstacles, a servo motor ...