ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,721, issued on April 8, was assigned to SEEGRID Corp. (Pittsburgh).
"Passively actuated sensor system" was invented by Bruce Thompson (Pittsburgh), Jacob Seal (Pittsburgh), Elijah Richter (Glenshaw, Pa.), Matt Heisel (Pittsburgh), Thomas Stimmel (Devon, Pa.), Ben Tylenda (Venetia, Pa.) and Pat Braun (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with one aspect of the inventive concepts, provided is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), comprising: a pair of forks coupled to a carriage that is height adjustable within a mast; an object sensor coupled to the carriage and passively movable between a first position above the forks...