ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,812, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).
"Co-handling robot having a mixed-force control law providing high effector sensitivity and enabling interaction with the body of the robot" was invented by Xavier Lamy (Gif sur Yvette, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A co-handling robot has a mixed-forced control law providing high effector sensitivity and enabling interaction with the body of the robot. A multi-axis force sensor is carefully positioned between the end member (flange) of an industrial co-handling robot and the tool supported thereby. A modified incre...