ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,831, issued on April 21, was assigned to NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP. (Tokyo).

"Robot controller and robot control system" was invented by Tatsuro Fujisawa (Toyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot controller that can accurately determine whether a collaborative robot is in either a collaborative state or a non-collaborative state. The robot controller includes: an acquisitor acquiring a prescribed detection range from a detection device detecting the human present in the detection range; a range determinator determining whether the detection range acquired by the acquisitor includes a set range set for a collaborative robot co...