ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,082, issued on March 25, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Robot Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Leg assembly for legged robot and legged robot" was invented by Yiyang Liu (Beijing), Wenping Guo (Beijing), Xiaomao Wei (Beijing), Fang Zhi (Beijing) and Shuang Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leg assembly for a legged robot includes first through three motors, first through second legs, and a transmission component. The first motor is coupled to the second motor to drive the second motor to rotate, and a rotation axis of the first motor is substantially orthogonal to a rotation axis of the second motor. The second motor is co...