US Patent Issued to Fanuc on Oct. 14 for "Control device, robot system, and control method for causing robot to execute work on workpiece" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,977, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Fanuc Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Control device, robot system, and control method for causing robot to execute work on workpiece" was invented by Mikito Hane (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When performing work on a workpiece with a tool of a robot while the robot and the workpiece are moved relative to each other by an additional axis mechanism, the tool is to be pressed against the workpiece from an appropriate direction. A control device configured to perform the work includes a processor that acquires an additional axis movement amount, generates a movement command for a ro...