US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on June 2 for "Robotic cells" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,233, issued on June 2, was assigned to BAE Systems plc (London).

"Robotic cells" was invented by Daniel James Middleton (Balderstone, Great Britain), Martin Knott (Balderstone, Great Britain) and Simon Cheetham (Preston, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot cell, having a cell floor defining an array of nodes corresponding with a predetermined two-dimensional coordinate system and defining a volume for receiving a workpiece W therein, is described. The robot cell comprises: a set of robots, including a first robot, having respective bases, end effectors and working envelopes and defining respective three-dimensional co...