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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2015
Applicants:

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobi-shi, Hyogo, JP;

Kawasaki Robotics (Usa), Inc., Wixom, MI (US);

Inventors:

Masaya Yoshida, Himeji, JP;

Takao Yamaguchi, Fremnog, CA (US);

Yuji Tanaka, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hajime Nakahara, San Jose, CA (US);

Avish Ashok Bharwani, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Ming Zeng, San Jose, CA (US);

Hui Kuen Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/6838 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01); H01L 21/67259 (2013.01); H01L 21/67706 (2013.01); H01L 21/68707 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate conveyance robot has an end effector provided to a robot arm and including a substrate holding unit configured to hold a substrate, arm drive unit configured to drive the robot arm, a robot control unit configured to control the arm drive unit, and a holding force detection unit configured to detect a substrate holding force exerted by the substrate holding unit. The robot control unit controls the arm drive unit based on an upper limit value of at least one of acceleration and speed of the end effector which are determined in accordance with the substrate holding force detected by the holding force detection unit.


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