US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on March 11 for "Robot system and method of forming three-dimensional model of workpiece" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,454, issued on March 11, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Robot system and method of forming three-dimensional model of workpiece" was invented by Masayuki Kamon (Kobe, Japan), Hirokazu Sugiyama (Kobe, Japan) and Yuki Tanaka (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot system includes a robot installed in a work area and controlled by a second control device, a 3D camera operated by an operator, a sensor that is disposed in a manipulation area that is a space different from the work area, and wirelessly detects position information and posture information on the 3D camera, a display, and a first control d...