ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,823, issued on May 19, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"System and method for controlling a mechanical system with multiple degrees of freedom" was invented by Diego Romeres (Boston), Alberto Dalla Libera (Padua, Italy), Giulio Giacomuzzo (Padua, Italy) and Ruggero Carli (Padua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for controlling a mechanical system having different actuators and multiple degrees of freedom to track a reference trajectory for performing a task. The system comprises a memory configured to store an energy based inv...