ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,522, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Kyungnam University (Changwon-si, South Korea).
"Drum coupling automation robot and drum coupling automation method" was invented by Shibaek Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hansung Kim (Changwon-si, South Korea) and Sunghun Jeong (Changwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum coupling automation robot includes a robot, a robot arm attached to the robot, a coupler gripper connected to the robot arm, a force and torque sensor connecting one end of the robot arm to the coupler grip...