ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,779, issued on June 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Robot system, method for controlling robot system, method for manufacturing product using robot system, control program, and recording medium" was invented by Yusaku Motonaga (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system includes a robot body, at least two first control devices provided in the robot body, a second control device that communicates with the first control devices, and first and second communication media each enabling the first control devices to communicate with the second control device. The second control device selectively operates in one of a first...