ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,426, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Method and apparatus for implementing a safety configuration" was invented by Arne Wahrburg (Weiterstadt, Germany), Nuo Li (Mannheim, Germany), Bjorn Matthias (Bad Schonborn, Germany), Rene Kirsten (Fernwald, Germany), Roger Mellander (Vasteras, Sweden), Debora Clever (Zwingenberg, Germany), Christoph Byner (Mannheim, Germany), Harald Staab (Neckargemund, Germany) and Silke Klose (Bensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for implementing a safety configuration for a manipulator comprising an end effector comprises: a) reading an action instru...