ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,930, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to King's College London (London).
"Robotic device" was invented by Hongbin Liu (London), Julius Esmann Bernth (London) and Bu'hussain Hayee (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a robotic locomotive device that is capable of driving itself forwards and backwards, anchoring and steering itself whilst inside a tubular structure, for example, the human colon, or any structure comprising two opposing walls. In this respect, the device is made up of two or three segments covered in an elastic material and driven by an internal actuating mechanism. All of the segments ha...