ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,712, issued on March 25, was assigned to GrayMatter Robotics Inc. (Gardena, Calif.).

"Methods for tracking abrasiveness of a sanding pad" was invented by Miguel Chavez (Gardena, Calif.), Satyandra K. Gupta (Gardena, Calif.), Ariyan M. Kabir (Gardena, Calif.), Vihan Krishnan (Gardena, Calif.), Ashish Kulkarni (Gardena, Calif.), Ceasar Navarro (Gardena, Calif.), Husein Noble (Gardena, Calif.), Brual C. Shah (Gardena, Calif.) and Jeano Vincent (Gardena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: accessing a toolpath and processing parameters-including a target force and feed rate-assigned to a region of a workpiece; and a...