ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,735, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (Tampa, Fla.).

"Multiple object grasping using robotics" was invented by Yu Sun (Tampa, Fla.), Adheesh Shenoy (Tampa, Fla.), Tianze Chen (Tampa, Fla.) and Francis Tsow (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for multiple object transferring using robotics. A system includes a robotic hand with a base and fingers capable of grasping objects. A robotic arm is coupled to the robotic hand is capable of moving the robotic hand. One or more circuits are configured to operate the robotic hand the robotic arm by identifying a pre-grasp configuration f...