ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,573, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NSK Co. LTD. (Isesaki, Japan).

"Processing apparatus, operation method of processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium" was invented by Takeshi Fuse (Isesaki, Japan), Toshiharu Miyata (Isesaki, Japan) and Norio Tanaka (Isesaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing apparatus includes an articulated robot having an arm distal-end portion to which a processing tool configured with a cutting edge portion and a profiling portion and a shape measurement unit are attached, and a processor. The processor, in a workpiece set state, recognizes, by measuring a sha...