ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,323, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Hacor Labs LLC (Houston).

"System and method for facilitating the traversing of stairs by a wheeled robot" was invented by Nikita Shardul Sarhad (Houston) and Shardul Jitendrakumar Sarhad (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for facilitating the traversing of stairs by a wheeled robot enable a wheeled robot to ascend and descend stairs. The system includes a support frame, a first movement module, and a second movement module. The support frame enables the operation of the first movement module and the second movement module. The first movement module and the second movem...