ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,709, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Control device, mechanical system, method, and computer program for performing predetermined work by moving plurality of moving machines" was invented by Masanobu Hatada (Minamitsuru-gun, Japan) and Yuuki Machida (Minamitsuru-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes a moving machine operation unit for moving an end effector by operating a plurality of moving machines; an operating state data acquisition unit for acquiring operating state data indicating the operating states of the moving machines; an adaptive control execution unit for...