US Patent Issued to Agility Robotics on Dec. 2 for "Robot joint with wire routing for enhanced durability and related technology" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,558, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Agility Robotics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Robot joint with wire routing for enhanced durability and related technology" was invented by Elise Fermier (Newport, Ore.), Mark Sprenger (Tigard, Ore.) and Dylan Thrush (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes a leg assembly. The leg assembly defines a kinematic chain and includes a joint, a proximal link proximal to the joint along the kinematic chain, and a distal link distal to the joint along the kinematic chain. The joint is configured to allow for relative ro...