ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,541, issued on May 27, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Generation method, computer program, and generation system" was invented by Shun Negishi (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generation method of generating a motion control program for a robot includes displaying a plurality of parameters relating to a motion of a human, receiving a selection of an imitation parameter as the parameter to be imitated by the robot from the displayed plurality of parameters, and generating the motion control program with reference to the motion of the human corresponding to the received imitation parameter."

The patent wa...