ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,936, issued on June 3, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for determining a torque for an operation of a robot using a model and method for teaching the model" was invented by Moritz Reuss (Neckarsulm, Germany), Niels Van Duijkeren (Kornwestheim, Germany) and Robert Krug (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a torque for an operation of a robot that includes multiple components, using a model of the robot. Two components of the robot being movable using an actuator relative to one another at a connection point. The model maps parameters for the connection points onto a torque for ...