ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,551, issued on July 22, was assigned to Gerhard Schubert GmbH (Crailsheim, Germany).

"Method for controlling the operation of an industrial robot" was invented by Volker Haaf (Crailsheim, Germany) and Daniel Greb (Crailsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for controlling the operation of an industrial robot configured in particular to carry out pick-and-place or singulation tasks."

The patent was filed on May 10, 2021, under Application No. 17/998,757.

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