US Patent Issued to Wells Fargo Bank on Sept. 23 for "Money transportation robot" (California, Washington, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,664, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Money transportation robot" was invented by Alicia Y. Moore (San Ramon, Calif.), Miranda C. Hill (Seattle) and Susan Symons (Mooresville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic device includes an interface configured to receive physical money during a transaction, an onboard vault coupled to the interface and configured to secure the physical money received by the interface, an electric motor operable to move the robotic device, and a control circuit configured to control the electric motor to move the robotic device toward an intended destinatio...