ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,797, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).
"Smart programming method for integrated CNC-robot" was invented by Bin Zhang (Beijing), Armin Roux (Erlangen, Germany), Ye Hu (Beijing) and Shun Jie Fan (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A programming method is for a numerical control machine tool system including a mobile terminal, a controller, a robot, and a numerical control machine tool. The mobile terminal is wirelessly connected to the controller configured to control the robot and the numerical control machine tool, and the robot and the numerical control machine tool being configured to work cooperatively to p...