ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,929, issued on May 6, was assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc. (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).
"Applied force control for robots" was invented by Jonathan D. Hoffman (Milkwaukee, Wis.), Arun K. Guru (Brookfield, Wis.), Robert J. Miklosovic (Chardon, Ohio), Maulik Kalolia (Twinsburg, Ohio), Aderiano M. da Silva (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Jasper Hao Yang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes using at least one processor to detect that a tool coupled to an end effector of a robot having multiple joints is contacting a surface. The robot includes multiple joint motors configured to control multiple motions of the m...