ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,815, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Parallel link robot" was invented by Kounosuke Sugasawa (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parallel link robot includes a base, a movable member, and multiple arms that connect the base and the movable member in parallel. Each of the arms includes: a drive link that is rotationally driven by a motor in the base; two parallel passive links that couple the drive link and the movable member; ball joints between the drive link and the corresponding passive link and between the movable member and the corresponding passive link; and attachment mechanis...