US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on July 29 for "Robot control device, robot provided with the same, and robot system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,674, issued on July 29, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Robot control device, robot provided with the same, and robot system" was invented by Shinya Kitano (Kobe, Japan), Junichi Sugahara (Kobe, Japan) and Keita Kikuchi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot control device configured to control operation of a robot configured to transfer a substrate while holding the substrate. The robot includes a robotic arm having at least one joint axis, and an end effector provided to a tip end of the robotic arm and configured to hold the substrate. A position and a posture of the end effector are defined by v...