ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,708, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Robot" was invented by Masayuki Kamon (Hyogo, Japan) and Tomoki Oka (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes a self-propelled carriage, one or more robotic arms that are mounted on the carriage and allow an end effector to be attached thereto and detached therefrom, a storage that is mounted on the carriage and allows, to be stored, the end effector removed from the one or more robotic arms and the end effector to be attached to the one or more robotic arms, and a covering that is mounted on the carriage and covers the storage from abo...