ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,305, issued on June 17, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Robot system and method for controlling same" was invented by Zhiqiang Liu (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Tsuchihashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Masahiro Murai (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique automates robotic assembly of two parts with a fastener structure including an engaging portion and a receiving portion. A robot system includes a robot that grips a workpiece, a force sensor located on the robot to measure a force and a moment acting on the workpiece, and a controller that controls the robot. The controller monitors, while moving the workpiece in a dire...