US Patent Issued to LINCOLN GLOBAL on May 12 for "Collaborative robot welding system" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,309, issued on May 12, was assigned to LINCOLN GLOBAL INC. (Santa Fe Springs, Calif.).

"Collaborative robot welding system" was invented by Jacob F. Aas (Windsor, Colo.), Emily A. Lickiss (Fort Collins, Colo.), Taylor L. Robertson (Kitchener, Canada), Levi J. Mitchell (Windsor, Colo.) and Camila Maria Perez Gavilan Torres (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding system includes a collaborative robot, a robot controller, a welding torch having an end located at a tool center point (TCP), a welding power supply, and a teach pendant. The teach pendant includes a UI application configured for programming welding points ...