ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,873, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"System and method for automatically collecting stirrup" was invented by Yen-Cheng Chen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Jing Bo Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for automatically collecting a stirrup are provided. The system includes a control unit, a stirrup device, and a robotic arm. The control unit receives work order information and automatically generates pickup point and placement point information of the stirrup according to the work order information. The stirrup device is electrically connected...