ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,010, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Master-slave system and controlling method" was invented by Masayuki Kamon (Kobe, Japan), Hiroki Takahashi (Kobe, Japan), Kai Shimizu (Kobe, Japan), Yuki Takayama (Kobe, Japan), Jun Fujimori (Kobe, Japan) and Hiroki Kinoshita (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A master-slave system includes: a master unit including an operation end, an operation detector that detects operational information inputted by a force being applied to the operation end, and a force applier that gives a force to the operation end; a slave unit including an action part, and ...