ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,543, issued on May 27, was assigned to Boston Dynamics Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for controlling movements of robotic actuators" was invented by Kyle Rogers (Carlisle, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic circuit comprises a charge storing component, a set of one or more switching components coupled to the charge storing component, and an additional switching component coupled to each of the one or more switching components in the set. The additional switching component is configured to operate in a first state or a second state based on a received current or voltage. The first state prevents current t...