ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,017, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Neb.).
"Robot for pipe navigation" was invented by Carl Nelson (Lincoln, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe inspection robot includes first and second bodies connected by a connection mechanism, at least two legs connected to the first body, and at least two additional legs connected to the second body, each of the at least two legs and the at least two additional legs including a linkage connected at one end to the first or second body, and a pipe engaging member connected at another end of the linkage; wherein each linkage is configured to operate between a s...