ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,611, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP. (Tokyo).
"Robot control apparatus, robot control system, and robot control method" was invented by Tatsuro Fujisawa (Toyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot control apparatus includes: a speed setter configured to control a collaborative robot that processes a workpiece flowing on a conveyor according to whether a human is or is not detected from a detection result from a detection device that detects a human present within a certain range from the collaborative robot, and sets an upper limit value on the operating speed of the conveyor such that the value is di...