ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,279, issued on July 29, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Robot and hand orientation adjustment method" was invented by Ippei Shimizu (Kobe, Japan), Hiroyuki Okada (Kakogawa, Japan), Daisuke Yamanaka (Oshu, Japan), Takahiro Abe (Fuchu, Japan) and Junichi Sato (Oshu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes a guide, a mover, a hand, a deformation acquirer, a orientation adjuster, and a controller. The mover is installed to the guide and movable in a direction that the guide guides along. The hand is installed to the mover and holds a substrate. The deformation acquirer acquires information on a deforma...