ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,085, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Robot operating device and robot" was invented by Toshihiko Inoue (Yamanashi, Japan), Tomoyuki Motokado (Yamanashi, Japan) and Morio Oowaki (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot operating device is mounted to a robot. The robot is capable of performing a motion by means of lead-through control in which a force applied by an operator is detected and a position and an orientation are changed in accordance with the detected force and the robot operating device including: a bracket that is secured to a flange at a distal end of the robot and with ...