US Patent Issued to FANUC on Dec. 16 for "Computation device for calculating permissible value of external force acting on robot device or workpiece, and device for controlling robot" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,732, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Computation device for calculating permissible value of external force acting on robot device or workpiece, and device for controlling robot" was invented by Yuki Ishii (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This control device is provided with a processing unit for calculating a permissible value of an external force that is permissible to be applied on a robot, a workpiece, or a hand. The permissible value of load that can be exerted on a constituent member of the robot is determined in advance. The processing unit calculates a permissible value of a...