ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,984, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Offline teaching device and motion-program generation method" was invented by Atsushi Nobuhara (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An offline teaching device for reducing an amount of time required to generate a motion route with which interference could be avoided, the offline teaching device including at least one processor. The processor generates, as a result of a motion program that includes a plurality of teaching points being input, numerous interpolation points on a motion route of a tool distal-end point of a robot, the motion route being f...