ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,555, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ATS Corp. (Cambridge, Canada).

"Automated production station and related methods" was invented by Kenneth Wayne Nicholson (Cambridge, Canada), Philip David Munroe (Cambridge, Canada), James Mark McLean (Cambridge, Canada), Robert James MacGregor (Cambridge, Canada), David Andrew Tait (Cambridge, Canada) and Gustavo Barea (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for mass producing different products in an automated production station having a plurality of part-processing devices. An example method includes identifying a workpiece received in the producti...