ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,715, issued on May 26, was assigned to INTELLIGENT CITY INC. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Systems with robotic arms for handling and milling a workpiece, and for positioning a vacuum pod on a milling platform" was invented by Oliver Lang (Vancouver, Canada), Oliver David Krieg (Vancouver, Canada), Aaron Willette (Vancouver, Canada), Stuart Lodge (North Vancouver, Canada) and Nicholas Hamel (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for processing a workpiece includes a milling platform, a workpiece handling robotic arm (WHRA), and a spindle robot arm (SRA). The WHRA has a holding tool adapted to move the workpiece from an inp...