ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,429, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Program evaluation device and teaching device" was invented by Toshiya Takeda (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A program evaluation device for evaluating an operation program for a robot. The operation program is a program that causes the robot to perform processing of a workpiece using a tool, and the robot has a function of correcting a position of the tool in response to an amount of wear of the tool. The program evaluation device includes an operation verification unit that verifies whether the robot will operate correctly in accordance with ...