ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,248, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Box folding system" was invented by Hiroki Matsui (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An empty box folding system according to an aspect of the present disclosure that allows easy change in the size of the box folds a box formed from a box sheet having a plurality of interconnected panels, the system comprising: a robot that has a working head that suctions the box sheet and moves the box; and a folding aid member that changes a relative angle of the panels by abutting against the box moved by the robot."
The patent was filed on March 16, 2022, und...