ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,818, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HL Robotics Co. Ltd. (Seongnam, South Korea).

"Autonomous driving robot control system and its driving method" was invented by Joonhoo Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an autonomous driving robot control system using a non-high definition map and a high definition map which is capable of operating a robot even in an area where the high definition map is not acquired, and a method of driving the same, the system includes: a control system; and a robot controlled according to an instruction from the control system, wherein the robot searches for a travel route based o...