ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,081, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sealer work automation system using robot and its method" was invented by Kyoung Hye Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kwangro Choi (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment sealer work automation system includes a robot configured to perform a brushing work of spreading a sealer applied to a joint by moving a brushing work tool to a work location of an under body, a three-dimensional (3D) sensor mounted on the robot and configured to photograph a work portion of the joint to acquire 3D data, a re...