JP4702744 Tohoku University 

Title of Patent:

Coordinated transport system and method using a plurality of robots having a gripping mechanism with backlash and sliding

• Provides a coordinated transport by a plurality of robots that transports a single hard transported by a plurality of robots

• A single robot has intelligence, and the other robots will only need to follow this co-ordinately, simplifying the overall system configuration

• Includes a cooperative transport system that transports the same transport object in a coordinated manner, and grips the transport object with respect to a reader that grips the transport object

US8170719 Panasonic 

Title of Patent:

Control apparatus and control method for robot arm, robot, control program for robot arm, and integrated electronic circuit for controlling robot arm

• A robot arm able to generate operations of a robot as well as for teaching the operations to the robot

• Includes operation information database in which pieces of information are stored

• Includes a correction method setting unit configured to set presence or absence of correction of the operation information