US Patent Issued to KOBE STEEL, KOBELCO ROBOTIX on Sept. 9 for "Welding control method and welding control device for portable welding robot, portable welding robot, and welding system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,506, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Kobe, Japan) and KOBELCO ROBOTIX Co. Ltd. (Fujisawa, Japan).

"Welding control method and welding control device for portable welding robot, portable welding robot, and welding system" was invented by Takashi Yashima (Kanagawa, Japan), Masaru Kodama (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinobu Toda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hirofumi Kawasaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In this welding control method for a portable welding robot that moves along a guide rail, for using the portable welding robot to weld a workpiece including a groove: a groove shape detection position is establish...