US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on April 14 for "Robot, conveying system, and robot-controlling method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,039, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Robot, conveying system, and robot-controlling method" was invented by Takeshi Shibata (Kobe, Japan) and Yuya Muroi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot according to this disclosure includes a controller configured to control operations of a hand(s) and a robot arm to convey a workpiece(s) with distances between a center(s) of the hand(s) and end surfaces of the workpiece(s) being uneven so as to prevent interference of the workpiece with a wall."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/622,015.

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