ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,983, issued on May 13, was assigned to NACT ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. (Singapore).
"Tethered robotic system with enhanced mobility" was invented by Aik Thong Ng (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned robot system for a tethered robot, for example, a tethered aircraft, is disclosed. The unmanned system, in one embodiment, includes an unmanned aircraft tethered to a ground station by a tether cable. In one embodiment, an aerial winch and cable unit is provided on the aircraft to manage cable release. Alternatively, winch and cable units may be provided on both the aircraft and ground station. As the aircraft is now able to f...