ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,681, issued on July 29, was assigned to GrayMatter Robotics Inc. (Los Angeles).

"System and method for autonomously scanning and processing a workpiece" was invented by Avadhoot L. Ahire (Los Angeles), Rishav Guha (Los Angeles), Satyandra K. Gupta (Los Angeles), Ariyan M. Kabir (Los Angeles) and Brual C Shah (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a method S100 for autonomously scanning and processing a part includes: collecting a set of images depicting a part positioned within a work zone adjacent a robotic system; assembling the set of images into a part model representing the part. The method includes segment...