US Patent Issued to KINOVA on May 13 for "Admittance mode control system and method for robotic arm" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,479, issued on May 13, was assigned to KINOVA INC. (Boisbriand, Canada).

"Admittance mode control system and method for robotic arm" was invented by Eric Lavigne (Boisbriand, Canada), Sebastien Messier (Boisbriand, Canada), Sebastien Boisvert (Boisbriand, Canada) and Jean-Luc Bouchard (Boisbriand, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An admittance mode control system for a robotic arm includes an admittance switch adapted to be mounted to the robotic arm. A rotary contact connects a control circuitry to the admittance switch. The control circuitry is adapted to be mounted to the robotic arm, rotational degree(s) of freedom being pre...