ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,421, issued on July 7, was assigned to Comau S.p.A. (Grugliasco, Italy).
"Processing apparatus and relative marking device to generate process trajectories" was invented by Nicola Longo (Grugliasco, Italy), Francesco Ciniello (Grugliasco, Italy), Gerardo Renga (Grugliasco, Italy), Giovanni Di Stefano (Grugliasco, Italy) and Gian Paolo Gerio (Grugliasco, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing apparatus includes an industrial robotic unit and a marking device provided for generating process trajectories automatically recognizable by the robotic unit. The marking device is shaped like a rod and includes at least one pointer el...