ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,993, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Robot traveling device and robot system" was invented by Ryouji Kitamura (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot traveling device 20 according to one aspect of the present disclosure is arranged on a floor surface. The robot traveling device includes a plurality of bases 21 discretely laid on the floor surface, a rail base 23 installed on the bases, a rail part 27 supported by the rail base, a stand part 29 that is movably supported by the rail part and on which a robot 200 is mounted, and a flexible cable carrier 31 for protecting a cable of th...