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8136422 Articulated robot  
A multi-joint robot for loading/unloading a work into/from a cassette, which includes a hand part holding the work, an arm part rotatably holding the hand part, a link mechanism rotatably holding...
8132306 Device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body  
A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to...
8112177 Wafer position teaching method and teaching tool  
In the wafer position teaching method for a wafer carrying system, a teaching tool is mounted at a position of the container or the processing equipment where the semiconductor wafer is to be set....
8099192 Method and apparatus for teaching a workpiece transfer robot  
A method is provided for teaching a transfer robot used in conjunction with a workpiece processing system including a pedestal assembly, a light sensor having an optical input fixedly coupled to...
8079800 Articulated robot  
An articulated robot includes a first arm which is horizontally angularly movable, a sectorial support plate coaxial with a center about which the first arm is angularly movable, an auxiliary arm...
8043042 Industrial robot  
An industrial robot may include a robot hand structured to mount a transfer object, a multi-joint arm section having at least two arms including a robot hand supporting arm structured to support...
8025475 Wafer transfer apparatus, wafer transfer method and storage medium  
One sensor constituted of a light emission element and a light-receiving element is provided in a path through which a wafer is transferred. The sensor is positioned so that the wafer passes...
8016538 System for weighing containers  
The station for weighing containers comprises a line for transporting containers to be filled with a predetermined product, a zone for dosing and filling the containers with the product, a first...
8016541 Substrate handling system for aligning and orienting substrates during a transfer operation  
A system is provided for sensing, orienting, and transporting wafers in an automated wafer handling process that reduces the generation of particles and contamination so that the wafer yield is...
8016542 Methods and apparatus for extending the reach of a dual scara robot linkage  
Methods and apparatus are provided for the use of a dual Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) robot. In some embodiments two SCARAs are provided, each including an elbow joint, wherein...
8011874 Transfer apparatus  
A transfer apparatus includes a stationary base, a lift base, a lifting mechanism for vertically moving the lift base, a rotary base mounted to the lift base, a rotating mechanism for rotating the...
7972252 Ergonomic tool lifting machine and method  
An ergonomic tool lifting machine and method particularly useful for manipulating a machine tool or another heavy object. In one embodiment of the invention, the machine tool is a large milling...
7967549 Robotic system including foldable robotic arm  
A system includes an end effector, a robotic wrist for orienting the end effector; and a robotic arm for positioning the end effector. The robotic arm is foldable into a stack. The robotic wrist is...
7955043 Substrate transfer apparatus  
Provided is a substrate transfer apparatus which can perform stable and highly accurate transfer without making a configuration complicated. A substrate transfer apparatus according to the present...
7950890 Vacuum robot, vacuum motor for vacuum robot, and production method of said vacuum motor  
A vacuum robot includes an arm portion on which a work is to be disposed under a reduced pressure environment and a motor portion for rotatably driving the arm portion, the vacuum robot being...
7946800 Substrate transport apparatus with multiple independently movable articulated arms  
A substrate transport apparatus including a drive section having at least one drive shaft and at least two scara arms operably coupled to the at least one drive shaft, the at least one drive shaft...
7905699 Transfer robot, transfer method, and control method  
A transfer robot includes a hand section on which an object is placed; a horizontal arm mechanism connected to the hand section, the horizontal arm mechanism including at least two rotary joints,...
7891935 Dual arm robot  
A dual arm robot assembly has two arms each having a set of joint/link pairs that, in conjunction with an actuator assembly, define at least three degrees of freedom to provide independent...
7874782 Wafer transfer apparatus and substrate transfer apparatus  
A wafer transfer apparatus is provided. In a minimum transformed state where a robot arm is transformed such that a distance defined from a pivot axis to an arm portion, which is farthest in a...
7859685 Wafer center finding with charge-coupled devices  
A device having a robotic arm within a robot chamber. The robotic arm includes an end effector adapted to handle a wafer. A linear array of charge-coupled devices are provided within the interior...
7845897 Method for transporting substrates  
Substrates are transported to accurate positions, while mounted on one hand of a transport robot. When substrates are to be transported from transporting chamber into processing chamber, a first...
7837425 Transportation apparatus and drive mechanism  
A transfer apparatus (20) for a target substrate (W) includes a rotatable rotary base (24). First and second arm mechanisms (26, 28) are attached to the rotary base and configured to bend and...
7785060 Multi-directional mechanical scanning in an ion implanter  
A scanning arm assembly for multi-directional mechanical scanning of a semiconductor wafer or other substrate to be implanted includes a pair of drive arms connected by two linkage arms to form a...
7750517 Hobby service having enhanced operational performance  
An apparatus is disclosed for enhancing the operational performance of a servo. The apparatus comprises an auxiliary shaft that is independent and displaced from the servo and an actuation sensor...
7712808 End effector with centering grip  
A flat workpiece transport apparatus having a movable arm and an end effector. The end effector is connected to the arm. The end effector has a movable grip for holding a flat workpiece on the end...
7704036 Drive source and transportation robot  
The invention includes a base member attached to a casing. The inside of the casing can be a vacuum atmosphere. A partition wall is provided on the base member, the base member separating an air...
7645112 Transport apparatus, control method for the same, and vacuum processing system  
A transport apparatus which can properly transmit a rotary driving force of a rotating motor to a transport arm and can correctly detect an angle of rotation of a rotary driving shaft, thereby...
7591625 Carrying mechanism, a carrying device and a vacuum processing apparatus  
A carrying device which can prevent an object to be carried from being contaminated with dust and carry the object to a correct position. The present invention is constructed by first and second...
7578649 Dual arm substrate transport apparatus  
A substrate transport apparatus comprising a drive section, an upper arm, a first forearm, and a second forearm. The upper arm is rotatably connected to the drive section at a first end of the...
7572742 Equipment and method for processing semiconductor  
Semiconductor processing equipment includes a transfer chamber (3) having a plurality of transfer ports (33) arranged at different positions in a lateral direction. A process chamber (4A) for...
7572092 Substrate alignment system  
A system for aligning an end effector with a substrate in a substrate transport apparatus. The system comprises a first sensor connected to the end effector and a controller for moving the...
7566198 Industrial robot  
An industrial robot may include a main body part and an arm part including a first arm, a second arm and a hand arm. The main body part is provided with a first turnable shaft for performing an...
7531979 Direct drive robotic manipulator  
A direct drive robotic manipulator is provided which includes a plurality of segments that are rotatably coupled with respect to one another. A plurality of spindles connects the segments for...
7516539 Apparatus for transplanting multi-board  
An apparatus for transplanting a multi-board is provided. This apparatus includes an orientation device, a calibration device, and an image-adjusting device. The orientation device has a first...
7470098 Detecting apparatus and detecting method  
An optical sensor for detecting the housing state such as the thickness of a substrate in the present invention is provided at supporting arms. The supporting arms are attached to a supporting...
7422412 Horizontal articulated robot  
A horizontal articulated robot has a plurality of horizontal arms coupled by joint shafts, and a working shaft disposed at the extreme end of an extreme end arm among the horizontal arms has...
7374393 Method of retaining a substrate during a substrate transferring process  
A method and apparatus for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system, or cluster tool, that has an increased system throughput, increased system reliability, improved device...
7347120 Robot of SCARA type  
A SCARA robot has a robot console, a first robot arm articulated on the robot console and swivelable about a first swivel axis, a second swivel arm articulated on the first swivel arm and...
7336009 Hobby servo enhancements  
An independent and modular apparatus is disclosed for extending the operational capacity of a servo motor. The apparatus includes a frame member having a servo motor and a rotatable shaft mounted...
7313462 Integrated tool with automated calibration system and interchangeable wet processing components for processing microfeature workpieces  
An integrated tool and automatic calibration systems that enable wet chemical processing chambers, lift-rotate units and other hardware to be quickly interchanged without having to recalibrate the...
7311515 Blow-molding apparatus  
A first transfer mechanism of a biaxial stretch blow-forming apparatus has sliders that are transported along a circular transportation passage. The sliders slide along a circular guide rail...
7296962 Split assembly robotic arm  
A robotic arm assembly (101) is provided which comprises a hub (103), a first arm segment (105) which is attached to the hub, and a second arm segment (107) which is attached to the first arm...
7292354 Apparatus for photoelectric measurement of an original  
An apparatus for the photoelectric measurement of an essentially planar measurement original includes a photoelectric scanner and a positioning arrangement for the two dimensional movement of the...
7285884 Hobby servo attachment mechanisms  
An apparatus for extending the operational capacity of a servo motor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame member. A first aperture is defined within the frame member and is configured to...
7281741 End-effectors for handling microelectronic workpieces  
End-effectors may be used to grasp microelectronic workpieces for handling by automated transport devices. One such end-effector includes a plurality of end-effectors and a detector adapted to...
7264436 Robot-guidance assembly for providing a precision motion of an object  
There is provided a robot-guidance assembly for providing a precision motion of an object, especially for providing a precision motion of a disklike member such as a wafer, including a robot having...
7233842 Method of determining axial alignment of the centroid of an edge gripping end effector and the center of a specimen gripped by it  
A method determines axial alignment between the centroid of an end effector and the effective center of a specimen held by the end effector. The method is implemented with use of an end effector...
7226269 Substrate edge grip apparatus  
In one embodiment, the invention is a substrate edge gripper assembly for positioning a semiconductor substrate upon a transfer robot. In one embodiment, a modular assembly comprises spring loaded...
7206667 Robot alignment system and method  
The robot alignment system is used for establishing a predetermined alignment position between a movable robot member and an article that is processed by the robot. The system includes a laser...
7192241 Substrate conveyer robot  
A substrate conveyer robot inserts and removes a substrate to and from a an arbitrarily positioned container. A base is rotatably driven by a first motor which defines a pivotal center. A first...
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