ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,479, issued on June 24, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Robot system and robot control device" was invented by Nobuaki Yamaoka (Yamanashi, Japan) and Takashi Satou (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention makes it possible, in force control during production, to automatically adjust a force control parameter optimally so as not to cause oscillation of a robot or failure of work. This robot system comprises: a robot arm having a hand at the end thereof for holding a workpiece; a force detector for detecting a force and moment received by the workpiece held by the hand; and a control devic...