ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,718, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GAIOTTO AUTOMATION S.P.A. (Imola, Italy).

"Method to control, through direct teaching, a closed robotised system and relative processing plant" was invented by Federica Ferraguti (Piacenza, Italy), Mattia Bertuletti (Piacenza, Italy), Mattia Gambazza (Piacenza, Italy), Matteo Ragaglia (Piacenza, Italy) and Cesare Fantuzzi (Piacenza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to control a closed robotised system comprises a learning step and a reproduction step, wherein, during the learning step, an operator exerts a force and/or a torque (Fc) on a driving assembly, whose sensor detects an ap...