ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,542, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Geometric robotic platform" was invented by Julio Zamora Esquivel (Zapopan, Mexico) and Fernando Jimenez Aguilar (Girasoles Aceuducto, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of methods, systems, and use cases include a robotic system and control or use of the robotic system. A method for autonomous movement of the robotic system may include receiving a target location, identifying robotic components of the robotic system that are in contact with a surface, and determining a robotic component of the robotic components to activate to cause the robo...