ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,513, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Robot" was invented by Toshihiko Inoue (Yamanashi, Japan) and Hiroto Matsuo (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes a base having an interior space and a first opening portion, a turning drum supported and rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis, a cable distributing board capable of being detachably fixed at a position for closing the first opening portion which is placed at a position on an extending line of the rotation axis, and an inside cable one end of which is provided with a connector fixed to the cable distributing boar...