ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,560, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Work system and work method" was invented by Yasuhiko Hashimoto (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work system which performs a work to a structure, and includes an aircraft, and a robot which performs the work to the structure. After the aircraft conveys the robot to the structure while holding the robot, the aircraft releases the robot after the aircraft lowers the robot onto the structure. The robot is released from the aircraft, and then performs the work to the structure."
The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2021, under Application No. 18/034...