ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,708, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Method of handling manipulator, control system and industrial robot" was invented by Hans Andersson (Vasteras, Sweden), Markus Enberg (Vasteras, Sweden) and Sven Hanssen (Vasteras, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of handling a manipulator of an industrial robot, the manipulator including a base member, a mounting interface and a kinematic chain between the base member and the mounting interface, the kinematic chain including the base member, the mounting interface and at least one controllable joint, the method including providing a candidate...