ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,506, issued on March 31, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Human machine interface, controller, robot and corresponding system and method" was invented by Bojun Ma (Shanghai) and Nana Tang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a human machine interface, a controller, a robot, and corresponding systems and methods. The human machine interface is configured to control the robot via the controller. The method includes receiving a user input at the human machine interface; and transmitting a control signal to the controller in response to the user input, the ...