ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,952, issued on March 3, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).
"Robot teaching device and work teaching method" was invented by Masahiro Koyama (Tokyo), Shogo Ogawara (Tokyo), Shinichi Ishikawa (Tokyo) and Tomohiro Inoue (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation is generated in which a robot can perform work without causing interference with a surrounding structure within a movable range of the robot. The robot teaching device relates to a work teaching device that teaches work to a robot that holds and moves a held object. The device includes a teaching pose measurement unit configured to measure and/or calculate ...