ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,198, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HANGZHOU YUSHU TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Robot accompaniment device and four-legged robot using the same" was invented by Xingxing Wang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a robot accompaniment device and a four-legged robot (1) using the same. The robot accompaniment device includes a target module provided with an orienting assembly (3). The orienting assembly (3) is provided with a dual-antenna structure, and implements positioning and orienting between the accompanier and the accompanied, thus enabling a robot to be capable of recognizing the position...