Brooks Automation Gmbh

Persimmon Technologies Corporation

Walmart Apollo, LLC

Brooks Automation Us, LLC

Other

Alert Innovation Inc.

Permission Technologies Corporation

Murata Machinery, Ltd.

Christopher A Hofmeister

Martin Hosek

William John Fosnight

Robert P Sullivan

Ulysses Gilchrist

Robert T Caveney

Michael Lawrence Bufano

Dennis P Poole

John G Lert, Jr

Jairo Terra Moura

Daniel Babbs

Mitchell Weiss

Alexander G Krupyshev

Tuan Thuc Ha

Robert Chris May

Joseph Hallisey

Joseph A Kraus

Craig J Carbone

Jeffrey C Blahnik

Ho Yin Owen Fong

Martin R Elliot

Jay Krishnasamy

Richard S Muka

Gerald M Friedman

Martin R Elliott

Stuart Beale

Julian D Warhurst

Matthew W Coady

Stephanie Waite

Glenn L Sindledecker

James C Davis, Jr

Charles W Su

Daniel A Hall

Roumen Botev

Mark Ives

Krysztof A Majczak

Jeff G Araujo

Sergei Syssoev

Steven J Allen

John F Zettler

Mark Saunders

Krzystof Majczak

Izya Kremerman

Christopher C Kiley

Richard Joseph Pickreign

Daniel A Cote

Mark Solomon

Ruth Ann Hendrickson

Gerarld M Friedman

William Holtkamp

Steve Bibeault

Clint Haris

Jayanth Prabharkar

Fosnight William

Gilchrist Ulysses

A transport apparatus including a robot drive; an arm having a first end connected to the robot drive; and at least one end effector connected to a second end of the arm. The arm includes at least three links connected in series to form the arm. The arm is configured to be moved by the robot drive to move the at least one end effector among load locks and two or more sets of opposing process modules.

Substrate transport vacuum platform

A substrate processing apparatus including a frame, a first arm coupled to the frame at a shoulder axis having a first upper arm, a first forearm and at least one substrate holder serially and rotatably coupled to each other, a second arm coupled to the frame at the shoulder axis where shoulder axes of rotation of the arms are substantially coincident, the second arm having a second upper arm, a second forearm and at least one substrate holder serially and rotatably coupled to each other, and a drive section connected to the frame and coupled to the arms, the drive section being configured to independently extend and rotate each arm where an axis of extension of the first arm is angled relative to an axis of extension of the second arm substantially at each angular position of at least one of the first arm or the second arm.

Dual arm robot

An automated decant system is disclosed for processing pallets of cased goods received at a facility, extracting packaging for the cases and transferring eaches within the cases to totes, possibly organized by SKU in sub-totes within the tote.

Automated decant system

A workstation receives bots carrying order totes and bots carrying product totes for transfer of goods from the product totes to the order totes. The workstation comprises a robot for automated transfer of goods between the product and order totes, but may also have a station for an operator to perform manual transfer. Cameras may be provided to capture images of the product and/or order totes to identify contents of totes and to identify positions where goods are to be picked from the product totes and placed into the order totes.

Robotic each picking in a micro-fulfillment center

An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones.

Tote handling for chilled or frozen goods

A motor assembly comprises a composite housing having a core of sprayed magnetic particles and a winding on the core; and a rotor having a magnet located thereon, the rotor being rotatably mounted within the winding. The core of sprayed magnetic particles comprises particles of an iron-containing material that when deposited results in an aggregate of small micro-domains separated by insulation boundaries.

Motor with composite housing

A substrate transport apparatus including a frame, a drive section connected to the frame and including at least one independently controllable motor, at least two substrate transport arms connected to the frame and comprising arm links arranged for supporting and transporting substrates, and a mechanical motion switch coupled to the at least one independently controllable motor and the at least two substrate transport arms for effecting the extension and retraction of one of the at least two substrate transport arms while the other one of the at least two substrate transport arms remains in a substantially retracted configuration.

Substrate transport apparatus with multiple movable arms utilizing a mechanical switch mechanism

A transport apparatus including a drive with a drive axis and a first arm connected to the drive. The first arm includes a first link, a second link and an end effector connected in series with the drive. The end effector includes a substrate support section and a leg connecting the substrate support section to a wrist joint of the end effector with the second link. The leg has a first section connected to the wrist joint, a second section connected to the substrate support section, and a bend portion between the first and second sections such that the first and second sections are angled or offset relative to each other. Connection of the leg to the second link at the wrist joint is offset relative to a centerline of the substrate support section and offset relative to the drive axis.

Robot having arm with end effector having bend portion

An apparatus including a first device configured to support at least one substrate thereon; and a first transport having the device connected thereto. The transport is configured to carry the device. The transport includes a plurality of supports which are movable relative to one another along a linear path; at least one magnetic bearing which at least partially couples the supports to one another. A first one of the magnetic bearings includes a first permanent magnet and a second magnet. The first permanent magnet is connected to a first one of the supports. A magnetic field adjuster is connected to the first support which is configured to move the first permanent magnet and/or vary influence of a magnetic field of the first permanent magnet relative to the second magnet.

An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones. Containers include insulated wall panels and a thermal insert which may be chilled to maintain a temperature within the container below ambient temperature. Structure within a storage location for the containers may be used to open and close the containers to facilitate cooling of the thermal insert.

A semiconductor processing tool is disclosed, the tool having a frame forming at least one chamber with an opening and having a sealing surface around a periphery of the opening, a door configured to interact with the sealing surface for sealing the opening, the door having sides perpendicular to the door sealing surface and perpendicular to a transfer plane of a substrate, and at least one drive located on the frame to a side of at least one of the sides that are substantially perpendicular to the door sealing surface and substantially perpendicular to the transfer plane of the substrate, the drive having actuators located at least partially in front of the sealing surface and the actuators being coupled to one of the sides of the door for moving the door from a sealed position. The at least one drive is located outside of a substrate transfer zone.

Load lock fast pump vent

An apparatus including a robot drive, a first arm connected to the robot drive, and a second arm connected to the robot drive. The first arm includes a first upper arm, a first forearm and a first end effector. The second arm includes a second upper arm, a second forearm and a second end effector. The first and second upper arms are connected to a first drive shaft of the robot drive. The first and second upper arms are either a same member or two members stationarily connected to one another. While the first arm is being extended and retracted, straight movement of the first end effector is provided relative to the robot drive along an axis which intersects a drive axis of the robot drive, where a wrist joint of the first arm does not intersect the drive axis while the first arm is being extended and retracted.

Robot having arm with offset

A substrate transport apparatus having a frame, a drive section and an articulated arm. The drive section has at least one motor module that is selectable for placement in the drive section from a number of different interchangeable motor modules. Each having a different predetermined characteristic. The articulated arm has articulated joints. The arm is connected to the drive section for articulation. The arm has a selectable configuration selectable from a number of different arm configurations each having a predetermined configuration characteristic. The selection of the arm configuration is effected by selection of the at least one motor module for placement in the drive section.

Substrate transport apparatus

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Hampstead, NH, United States of America

Christopher A Hofmeister