ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,575, issued on July 15, was assigned to RENU ROBOTICS CORP. (San Antonio).

"Autonomous vehicle connected tool interchange systems and methods" was invented by Tim Alan Matus (San Antonio) and Michael Odell Blanton Jr. (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an autonomous vehicle comprising at least one subsystem capable of determining a location corresponding to a connectable tool; determining an orientation for interconnecting with the connectable tool; aligning the autonomous vehicle for interconnecting with the connectable tool based on the location and the orientation of the connectable tool; engaging the ...