ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,080, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Figure Al Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Head and neck assembly of a humanoid robot" was invented by David McCall (San Jose, Calif.), Sydney Hardy (San Jose, Calif.) and Katarina Rodak (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humanoid robot includes an upper region includes a head and neck assembly having a neck portion and a head portion coupled to the neck portion. Said head portion includes: a frontal shell having a rear edge, a rear shell having a frontal edge, and an illumination assembly. The illumination assembly is configured to illuminate a region that: (i) extends between a rear ...