ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,646, issued on April 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus for controlling robot and method thereof" was invented by Sun Myoung Jo (Ansan, South Korea), Jin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Chung (Hwaseong, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a robot control apparatus includes at least one first sensor provided on a front of a head part of a robot including a wheel part and the head part connected to an upper portion of the wheel part, the first sensor being configured to sense a first distance from a ground, at least one second sensor provid...