ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,876, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Robot and controlling method thereof" was invented by Jinwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keunchan Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chanho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyunghun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youmin Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a robot including: a body rotatable about a first shaft; a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel provided in the body to be rotatable about a second shaft that is perpendicular to the first shaft; at least one distance sensor provided on the second shaft; a...