US Patent Issued to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 1 for "Wall rolling UAV with ring cage" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,969, issued on April 1, was assigned to The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Wall rolling UAV with ring cage" was invented by Matthew C Little (Fall River, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for a wall rolling unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A method is provided for rolling the UAV along a path on the surface of the wall. The method includes determining a trajectory for the UAV, determining motor inputs for the UAV, and operating the motors to roll and translate the UAV according to the trajectory along the path. A cage can be provided around the UAV to support c...