ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,828, issued on March 18, was assigned to BOSTON DYNAMICS INC. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Systems and methods for securing objects to robotic devices" was invented by Brian Todd Dellon (West Roxbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for a robot includes a structure having a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. The device also includes a receiving surface mechanically coupled to the locking mechanism. The receiving surface is configured to interact with a member of the robot to move the locking mechanism between the engaged configuration and the disengaged configura...