ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,713, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Robot and robot system" was invented by Hironori Tasaka (Azumino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes: a base; and a robot arm coupled to the base. The robot arm includes a plurality of arms having respective joints each of which has a power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanisms in the joints have a first reducer of an epicyclic gear type. The power transmission mechanism in one of the joints which is positioned on a farther side of the first reducer is lighter in weight than the first reducer."
The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 20...