ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,239, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HAI ROBOTICS Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China) and HAI INTELLIGENT Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Transport robot, rack and warehousing system" was invented by Kejun Ning (Guangdong, China), Peng Gao (Guangdong, China), Shengdong Xu (Guangdong, China), Penghui Wang (Guangdong, China) and Yuqi Chen (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport robot may include a body, a lifting assembly arranged on the body, and a first climbing assembly arranged on the lifting assembly and located on only one side of the body in a horizontal direction. The lifting assembly is configured to drive the firs...