ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,083, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Holding device, holding method, and storage medium" was invented by Reoto Uetake (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding device includes: a grip portion that holds a side surface of one side of a workpiece; a supporting portion that supports the grip portion and moves the workpiece; a detection unit that detects a force applied to the grip portion; and a control unit that controls an angle of the supporting portion with respect to the ground such that a force detected by the detection unit does not exceed a threshold value when the supportin...