ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,139, issued on July 15, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Robot system" was invented by Naoki Fujioka (Yamanashi, Japan), Kazuki Wakabayashi (Yamanashi, Japan) and Keita Suyama (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system includes: a robot where a hand for handling a workpiece is mounted; a movement mechanism to change the relative positions of the robot and workpiece; a workpiece sensor to detect the position of the workpiece; an obstacle sensor to detect the position of a surrounding obstacle; and a control device that controls the robot and the movement mechanism. The robot includes a load sensor ...