ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,473, issued on July 1, was assigned to VECNA ROBOTICS INC. (Waltham, Mass.).

"System and method of providing delivery of items from one container to another container for a user in an ergonomic manner" was invented by Daniel Theobald (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for enabling a user to move items from one container to another. The method includes identifying a location of a user who will transfer items from a first container, attached to a first robot, to a second container, attached to a second robot, positioning the first container at a first position near the location of the user and positi...