MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202527110932 A) filed by Softbank Group Corp. on November 13, 2025, for Tracking Robot, Tracking System, And Drone.

Inventor includes Son, Masayoshi.

The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.

Abstract: A tracking robot (2)according to an embodiment includes a drone(11) capable of tracking a suspicious object and firing a tracking mark (21)toward the suspicious object, a robot main body (10)capable of traveling autonomously in which the drone (11)is capable of arriving and departing, a detection unit (12)that detects a situation around a robot main body (10), and a control unit (13) that controls the drone (11)and causes the robot main body (10) to travel autonomously depending on the situation detected by the detection unit (12). In a case where the suspicious object is detected, the control unit (13)causes the drone 11) to depart from the robot main body (10)and fires a tracking mark (21) from the drone (11)toward the suspicious object.

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