US Patent Issued to TORC Robotics on Sept. 30 for "Unmanned aerial vehicles with high-speed liftoff capabilities" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,172, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Unmanned aerial vehicles with high-speed liftoff capabilities" was invented by Joseph R. Fox-Rabinovitz (Blacksburg, Va.) and William Davis (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with high-speed liftoff systems, as well as delivery systems and methods using the same. The delivery system includes an autonomous vehicle, a first UAV, and a UAV control system configured to control the first UAV. The autonomous vehicle includes an autonomy computing system configured to control operation of the aut...