US Patent Issued to Sanctuary Cognitive Systems on Sept. 9 for "Humanoid transformer robots and methods of controlling the same" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,570, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corp. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Humanoid transformer robots and methods of controlling the same" was invented by Vincent Denis Clerc (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes a mobile base comprising a base body with a set of active wheels, an upper body comprising a torso with arms, and a pedestal linkage having a first end coupled to the base body by a first pivotable joint and a second end coupled to the torso by a second pivotable joint, wherein the pedestal linkage is pivotable relative to the base body to transform the robot between an elevated, el...