US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on April 22 for "Control device, control method, and control program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,491, issued on April 22, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control device, control method, and control program" was invented by Satoko Nagakari (Chiba, Japan) and Tetsuya Narita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a control device, a control method, and a control program capable of realizing natural interaction between a human and a robot like between humans. A control device according to an embodiment includes a slip detection unit (15, 104) and a control unit (10). The slip detection unit detects a slip of a target object gripped by a grip portion. The control unit controls a gripping force with which the gri...