ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,786, issued on March 18, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Recorded physical interaction playback" was invented by Matthew James Gilchrist (Brisbane, Australia), Jesse Lee Kresevic (Brisbane, Australia), Nathan Cameron Perry (Brisbane, Australia) and Christopher P. Galea (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described. The method comprises obtaining a recording of one or more physical interactions performed in relation to one or more physical components, in a simulation environment, playing back the recording such that the one or more physical interactions are represented in the simulation e...