Pro Bono Lawyer Scores Robot Controller Patent
Controlling your robots is now cheaper because of an invention by a group of teenagers, who recently won a patent thanks to the work of a pro bono lawyer.
June 17, 2015 at 09:45 AM
2 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Controlling your robots is now cheaper because of an invention by a group of teenagers who recently won a patent thanks to the work of a pro bono lawyer.
Josh Tucker, partner in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in Austin, worked for the Westlake High School students to patent the invention, ChapR, a wireless Bluetooth controller for homemade robots.
He explained that in robotics competitions, a team must build a robot to complete a task such as driving a beach ball through an obstacle course. Normally, competitors would use a video game controller hooked up to a $2,000 laptop computer to control the robot.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Trending Stories
- 1The Law Firm Disrupted: For Big Law Names, Shorter is Sweeter
- 2Wine, Dine and Grind (Through the Weekend): Summer Associates Thirst For Experience in 'Real Matters'
- 3The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
- 4'That's Disappointing': Only 11% of MDL Appointments Went to Attorneys of Color in 2023
- 5'You Are Not Alone': 120 Sex Assault Victims Plan to Sue Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250