ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,992, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Painting robot and painting method using painting robot" was invented by Takahiro Tawata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a painting robot and a painting method using the painting robot. The painting robot includes: an arm control unit which controls operation of the robot arm; a head control unit which controls driving of nozzles of the nozzle head; a distance measuring device which measures the distance between the painting portions and the nozzle discharging surface; and an image processing portion which forms a three-d...