ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,361, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Stanley Robotics (Versailles, France).

"Method for managing a fleet of autonomous parking robots by a supervisor" was invented by Aurelien Cord (Paris), Clement Boussard (Paris) and Thibaut Pierret (Buc, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for managing a fleet of autonomous parking robots by a supervisor. Each autonomous robot comprises a computer and a memory for storing a digital map of the parking space and geolocation means, environment sensors and means for telecommunication with the supervisor. The supervisor comprises a computer and a memory for storin...