ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,139, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Path Robotics Inc. (Columbus, Ohio).

"Autonomous welding robots" was invented by Alexander James Lonsberry (Gahanna, Ohio), Andrew Gordon Lonsberry (Columbus, Ohio), Nima Ajam Gard (Columbus, Ohio), Colin Bunker (Columbus, Ohio), Carlos Fabian Benitez Quiroz (Columbus, Ohio) and Madhavun Candadai Vasu (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, an autonomous robotic welding system comprises a workspace including a part having a seam, a sensor configured to capture multiple images within the workspace, a robot configured to lay weld along the seam, and a controller. The cont...