ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,598, issued on Feb. 3.

"Multi-function modular reconfigurable modular robotic vehicle" was invented by Kun Cheng (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Wenyan Wu (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular robot vehicle comprising of a power module, a plurality of motor modules, a plurality of wheel or propeller drive modules, entertaining module, and an optional attachment module, where a combination of different modules can be selectively replaceable and configurable to fulfill a desired function in accordance with capabilities of an extension module and practical requirements. The extension module may be one of a...