US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Aug. 26 for "Endpoint approach and localization for autonomous robotic vehicles" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,500, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Endpoint approach and localization for autonomous robotic vehicles" was invented by John Enright (Bedford, Mass.), Gabriel Hebert (Wakefield, Mass.), Jaimie Marie-Michelle Carlson (Boston) and Sadat Ali Shaik (Downingtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for improved endpoint approach and localization for autonomous mobile robots. In one embodiment, an example system may include a floor-mounted guide disposed on a floor of an environment, and an autonomous mobile robot having a camera and a controller. The autonomous mobi...