ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,903, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to PTT EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION PUBLIC COMPANY Ltd. (Bangkok).

"Method and system for controlling motion of a climbing robot" was invented by Poramate Manoonpong (Rayong, Thailand), Arthicha Srisuchinnawong (Rayong, Thailand), Kitti Phongaksorn (Rayong, Thailand), Wasuthorn Ausrivong (Rayong, Thailand), Thutchai Kasemwarapach (Bangkok) and Pong Kosanant (Bangkok).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of this invention relates to a method for controlling motion of a climbing robot comprising the steps of receiving high-level commands; receiving sensory feedbacks comprising roll angle data; gene...