ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,672, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Khalifa University of Science and Technology and The Aerospace Holding Co. LLC (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Robotic manipulator with visual guidance and tactile sensing" was invented by Abdulla Amer Hasan Ayyad (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Rajkumar Muthusamy (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Mohamad Abdul Mouti Halwani (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Yahya Hashem Zweiri (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Seneviratne Mudigansalage Seneviratne (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and Andre Dewald Swart (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic manip...