US Patent Issued to The Chinese University of Hong Kong on Aug. 26 for "Cable-driven robot system for operation inside long piles or shafts" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,527, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong).

"Cable-driven robot system for operation inside long piles or shafts" was invented by Darwin Tat Ming Lau (Hong Kong), Hing Cheung Chan (Hong Kong), Chun Keung Kwok (Hong Kong), Ching Hei Cheng (Hong Kong), Chung Lai Yeung (Hong Kong), Ho Yin Chow (Hong Kong) and Sai Kwan Siu (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention pertains to systems and methods for controlling an end-effector moving in three-dimensional space within long piles or shafts. Systems can include a fixed base platform, a cable-driven working platform, a cable-...