ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,340, issued on July 1, was assigned to SEABERY NORTH AMERICA INC. (Annapolis, Md.).

"Systems and methods to simulate robotic joining operations" was invented by Pedro Gerardo Marquinez Torrecilla (Annapolis, Md.) and Francisco Jose Diaz Cano (Huelva, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to simulate robotic joining operations are disclosed. An example system to simulate a robotic application includes: an image sensor configured to capture images of a physical simulation workpiece and a physical simulation welding torch manipulated by a robotic arm during welder during a simulated operation; and a simulator configure...