ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,369, issued on June 3, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).
"Tank seal inspection" was invented by Mitchell Pryor (Austin, Texas), Andrew Zelenak (Manor, Texas), Robert Blake Anderson (Austin, Texas) and Connor D. Crawford (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments generally relate to robotics and more specifically to tank seal inspections. In some embodiments, the robotic inspection device comprising a power supply, a body, a drive system, a camera, a navigational system, and/or one or more sensors. The drive system may include one or more surface engaging drivers to...