US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo, Kawasaki Robotics (USA) on March 31 for "Door opening and closing robot and method of opening and closing door using the same" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,501, issued on March 31, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan) and Kawasaki Robotics (USA) INC. (Wixom, Mich.).

"Door opening and closing robot and method of opening and closing door using the same" was invented by Hideki Isoda (Kobe, Japan), Kenichi Miyazaki (Kobe, Japan) and Shusaku Yamaguchi (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door opening and closing robot according to one or more embodiments may include a base; a robot arm connected to the base that includes an arm that is rotatable and a motor that rotates the arm; and a door operating tool that is connected to the robot arm and moves with a rotation of...