US Patent Issued to BotBuilt on July 15 for "System and method for installing nail plates in wooden structures" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,178, issued on July 15, was assigned to BotBuilt Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"System and method for installing nail plates in wooden structures" was invented by Aaron Cahn (Durham, N.C.) and Christopher Barrett Ames (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous system for installing nail plates in wooden structures is provided. The system includes a C-clamp press attached to and be operated by a mobile robot. The C-clamp press includes a hydraulic cylinder operable to move a top plate relative to a stationary bottom plate; a coupler interposed between an end of the hydraulic cylinder and a the top plate; a stationary bottom pla...