ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,155, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to OKUMA Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Cell controller" was invented by Shimpei Horii (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell controller controls a machining cell including a plurality of work resources. The plurality of work resources include at least one processing machine and at least one robot. The cell controller includes a PLC and a management device. The PLC controls operation of the work resources in accordance with an instruction from the management device, and acquires conditions of a plurality of work elements including the work resources and a workpiece. The management device, in ...