US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on March 31 for "Removable robot for automated data storage library" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,254, issued on March 31, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Removable robot for automated data storage library" was invented by Shawn M. Nave (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a guidance system configured for coupling to a frame of an automated data storage library, the guidance system including a guide member coupled to a rail and configured to move along the rail in a first direction. A robot is detachably coupled to the guidance system and physically configured to be moved out of the automated data storage library in a direction about...