ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,266, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LAUREL BANK MACHINES Co. LTD. (Tokyo) and LAUREL PRECISION Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Articulated robot, method for controlling articulated robot, robot system, and method for manufacturing object" was invented by Tomohide Handa (Tokyo), Shinichi Inada (Tokyo) and Ryo Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An articulated robot includes a base; an end section; a plurality of links including a first link and a second link and connecting the base and the end section to each other; a first driving mechanism connecting the first link and the second link to each other and configured to rotate ...