MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527033443 A) filed by Softbank Group Corp., Tokyo, on April 4, for 'cart robot.'

Inventor(s) include Son Masayoshi.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A cart robot according to an embodiment comprises: a traveling vehicle body; a first axle provided to the traveling vehicle body; a plurality of second axles that extend in the radial direction of the first axle from a tip of the first axle and that can extend/contract in the radial direction; wheels respectively provided to tips of the plurality of second axles; a first drive unit t...