ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,717, issued on March 25, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).
"Multi-joint-robot linear-member-shape simulator, multi-joint-robot linear-member-shape simulation method, and multi-joint-robot linear-member-shape simulation program" was invented by Fumiaki Sawakawa (Kobe, Japan) and Masatoshi Hida (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-joint-robot linear-member-shape simulator receives a position of at least one via point via which the linear member extends between a start-point position and an end-point position, an initial position of an adjustment via point that adjusts a length of the linear member, and an a...