RIYADH: Qassim University has obtained a patent from the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property for its serial robot invention that can be operated by electromagnetic energy instead of the methods of operating a robot, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
The robot consists of electromagnets arranged alternately with springs that give a state of balance of forces between these sections, which provides various forms of dynamic movement for the robot, the report said.
The invention can be used in various industrial and medical fields and robot applications, it said, adding that the technology works with various Android applications.
SPA said the research team that obtained the patent included Dr. Fahd bin Nasser Al-Sunaidah, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Amer Al-Rumaih, Dr. Khaled bin Ali Al-Hassoun, Dr. Fahd bin Nasser Al-Saleem, Dr. Shaaban Abdul-Radi Mahmoud, and Dr. Omar Hazem Saleem.
“This innovation comes within the ‘patent registration project for university employees,’ which aims to transform inventions and research ideas into protected products with economic returns, and to contribute to raising the university’s local and international classification in the patent registry,” said the report.
Qassim University is one of the top public universities in the Kingdom, with its Department of Mechanical Engineering giving strong emphasis on robotics.
By ARAB News
