ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,711, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Multi-legged robot load balancing method, multi-legged robot, and storage medium" was invented by Zhe Xu (Shenzhen, China), Mingguo Zhao (Shenzhen, China) and Youjun Xiong (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-legged robot load balancing method, a multi-legged robot, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: calculating a current position and velocity of a load positioned on a torso according to a value measured by a force sensor; calculating, through a feedback control law, a desired posture of the torso required for ...