US Patent Issued to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE on March 25 for "System comprising an industrial robot and an end effector with power tool and charger" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,702, issued on March 25, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB (Stockholm).

"System comprising an industrial robot and an end effector with power tool and charger" was invented by Johan Wallgren (Stockholm) and Nicholas Savenlid (Nacka, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising: an industrial robot comprising a robot arm end portion and a power supply circuit arranged to supply current to the robot arm end portion, and an end effector comprising a power tool and an accumulator module (such as a battery) arranged to power operation of the power tool, the end effector being attached to the robot arm end p...