ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,082, issued on Aug. 11.

"Machining robot for chip removal machining" was invented by Martin Zimmer (Rheinau, Germany) and Gunther Zimmer (Rheinau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machining robot for machining workpieces by chip removal has two rotating main axes parallel with one another and at least two rotating subsidiary axes. A foot lever mounted in a first main axis and an elbow lever mounted at the free end of the foot lever in a second main axis form a kinematic chain. A first subsidiary axis is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the elbow lever. A second subsidiary axis mounts a machining unit in the elbow lev...