ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,599, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Robot" was invented by Daisuke Shiramatsu (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes a base installed on an installation surface, a movable part rotatable around a vertical axis relative to the base, and a support mechanism that supports the movable part so as to be rotatable around the axis relative to the base, where the movable part has an inner surface extending circumferentially at the periphery of the support mechanism and facing the base, and an opening connecting an inner space across which the inner surface and the base face each ot...