ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,835, issued on April 21, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).
"Collaborative robot welding system" was invented by Emily A. Lickiss (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Jacob F. Aas (Windsor, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of programming a curved path for a welding robot includes recording input of a first arc segment endpoint, a first intermediate point, and a second arc segment endpoint along the curved path. The first intermediate point is located between the first and second arc segment endpoints. The curved path is determined from the first and second arc segment endpoints and the first intermedia...