US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on May 12 for "Robot and article dimension obtainment method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,841, issued on May 12, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Robot and article dimension obtainment method" was invented by Hideshi Yamane (Kobe, Japan), Eiji Yoshikuwa (Kobe, Japan) and Toshiyuki Tsujimori (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes a holder, a puller, a sensor, and a dimension obtainer. The holder holds an article placed on a supporter. The puller pulls the holder to a front side. The sensor detects that the article being pulled out ceased being on the supporter. The dimension obtainer obtains a dimension of the article along a pullout direction based on a distance that the article i...