US Patent Issued to FANUC on Oct. 21 for "Program generation device and program generation method generating a route program for that returns tip of robot from end point by a prescribed distance" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,616, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Program generation device and program generation method generating a route program for that returns tip of robot from end point by a prescribed distance" was invented by Takashi Satou (Yamanashi, Japan) and Yihua Gu (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a program generation device capable of automatically generating a route program which takes into account the amount of bending when the tip of a robot abuts against a workpiece. This program generation device is provided with: an acquisition unit that acquires route data indicating a route ...