US Patent Issued to Hurco Cos. on Dec. 2 for "Method and system for determining a workplace loading location in a CNC machine with a robotic arm" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,538, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hurco Cos. Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Method and system for determining a workplace loading location in a CNC machine with a robotic arm" was invented by Paul J. Gray (Zionsville, Ind.), Steven S. Gearhart (Indianapolis) and Jesse C. Satterwhite (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for determining a loading location of a workpiece relative to a holding fixture, comprising: a robot including a sensor; and a controller coupled to the robot and configured to activate the robot to grip the workpiece; enable a free-drive mode to permit an operator to move the gripped workpiece ...