ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,794, issued on May 27, was assigned to SMP Robotics Systems Corp. (Sausalito, Calif.).
"Robot docking stations" was invented by Sergei Poluboiarinov (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Robot docking stations and systems and methods thereof can provide for automatic charging of mobile robots. Such stations can include a guide system configured to guide a mobile robot onto or into the station and prevent the robot from moving off or out of the station. The guide system can have zones or position-sensing parts that correspond to walking or rotating parts of a mobile robot (such as legs, wheels, or crawler belts o...