ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,627, issued on March 18, was assigned to Cardinal Gibbons High School (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Foot-operated robot interface" was invented by Grant Christian Ozaki (Cary, N.C.), Benjamin James Miranda (Durham, N.C.), Thomas Ryan Michael Greene (Raleigh, N.C.), Brett Matthew Lopez (Raleigh, N.C.), Charles Joseph Kilani (Raleigh, N.C.), William Michael Meyers (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Grace Ann Eberle (Raleigh, N.C.), Ian Setia (Raleigh, N.C.), Joseph Michael Biersack (Morrisville, N.C.), Joseph Andrew Milazzo (Cary, N.C.), Brett Richard Gallagher (Raleigh, N.C.), Cassian Farias Kraus (Apex, N.C.), Nicole Carol Allen (Raleigh, N.C.) and Kevin Nicolas Haller (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

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