US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Oct. 28 for "Mobile robot platoon driving system and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,573, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mobile robot platoon driving system and control method thereof" was invented by Yoon Soo Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Youngjin Jung (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Kyung Dong Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile robot platooning system includes a plurality of mobile robots operated for transfer of objects in a factory, and a central server connected to the plurality of mobile robots through wireless communication, and configured to set a path of the plurality of mobile robots to contro...