ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,829, issued on April 21, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Robot system and workpiece supply method" was invented by Mizuki Tago (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system includes a robot device for supplying a workpiece to a machine tool, a hand attached to a distal end of an arm of the robot device, a force sensor for detecting an external force applied to the hand, and a robot control device for controlling the robot device. The robot control device includes an operation control unit for controlling the robot device to correct the position and posture of the hand with respect to the machine to...