ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,355, issued on March 18, was assigned to ROAM ROBOTICS INC. (San Francisco).

"Modular exoskeleton systems and methods" was invented by Robert Stuart (Arcata, Calif.), Linus Park (Pacifica, Calif.), Ashley Swartz (Daly City, Calif.), Giancarlo Nucci (Seattle), Kyle Lamson (Berkeley, Calif.), Kevin Conrad Kemper (San Francisco) and Timothy Alan Swift (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a modular exoskeleton system, the method comprising: monitoring for one or more actuator units being operably coupled to or removed from the modular exoskeleton system, the modular exoskeleton system comprising at ...