US Patent Issued to Southwest Research Institute on July 8 for "Collaborative robotic system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,842, issued on July 8, was assigned to Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio).

"Collaborative robotic system" was invented by Benjamin R. Greenberg (San Antonio) and Brian C. Swenson (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic system to facilitate simultaneous human laborer and robotic tasks on an article. The system includes data acquisition from a non-point cloud camera and implementation by a mid-tier consumer grade workstation. Nevertheless, a motion plan may be carried out by the robotic aid in a manner that allows for "on-the-fly" adjustment to a second motion plan to avoid collision with the laborer during the per...