US Patent Issued to BotBuilt on July 29 for "System and method for supporting wooden members during installation of nail plates in wooden structures" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,685, issued on July 29, was assigned to BotBuilt Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"System and method for supporting wooden members during installation of 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 supporting wooden members is presented. The autonomous system includes a mobile robot configured to lift, move, and position robotic jack stands on a working surface. The autonomous system also includes a robotic jack stand with electromagnets operable to demagnetize when the mobile robot lifts the robotic jack stand from ...