ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,117, issued on Aug. 25.

"Comparison between real control and virtual control of robot" was invented by Yukio Hashiguchi (Fukuoka, Japan), Yoshifumi Onoyama (Fukuoka, Japan), Koji Hara (Fukuoka, Japan), Takeshi Yamashita (Fukuoka, Japan), Masahiro Goya (Fukuoka, Japan) and Ryosuke Tsutsumi (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system includes: a robot controller configured to control a robot to execute a plurality of tasks included in a process for a workpiece in a real space; and circuitry configured to: control a virtual robot to execute the plurality of tasks in a virtual space; collect a real execution record fr...