ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,421, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ATI Industrial Automation Inc. (Apex, N.C.).
"Contact force overshoot mitigation in pneumatic force control devices" was invented by Samuel Koenke (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force control device mitigates or eliminates impact force overshoot upon contact between a robotic tool and a workpiece. Contact is detected while operating the force control device in a position control mode, according to either of a steady state search method or a transient search method. The force applied to the workpiece upon contact is less than a predetermined setpoint force. Upon detecting contact, ...