ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,557, issued on July 22, was assigned to Gecko Robotics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for ultra-sonic inspection of a surface" was invented by Chase David (Montgomery, Texas), Jose Aparicio (Katy, Texas), Juan Roberto Mendoza Mora (Corpus Christi, Texas), Kevin Y. Low (Pittsburgh), Troy Demmer (Glenshaw, Pa.), Edward A Bryner (Pittsburgh) and Scott Ashley Corl (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus for ultra-sonic inspection of a surface are described. An example system may include an inspection robot structured to move in a direction of travel on an inspection surface. The ins...