ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,036, issued on May 27, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).
"Assembly sequence generation" was invented by Aron Derecichei (Los Angeles), Lukas Czinger (Los Angeles), Angelo Scandaliato (Los Angeles), Dominic Francia (Los Angeles) and Matthew Ervin Manske (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Having a flexible robotic system layout that allows for the assembly of any structure creates a challenge in finding an optimal sequence of assembly. In some examples, the optimal sequence of assembly may provide the highest robot utilization, the shortest cycle time, the greatest assembly accuracy of the final assemb...