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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2015
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kawasaki Robotics (Usa), Inc., Wixom, MI (US);
Mark Tang, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Eric Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shigeki Ono, Campbell, CA (US);
Shinya Kitano, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming Zeng, San Jose, CA (US);
Hirohiko Goto, Akashi, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe-shi, JP;
KAWASAKI ROBOTICS (USA), INC., Wixom, MI (US);
Abstract
A control unit of a substrate conveying robot makes a robot arm and a substrate holding device execute a blade member advancing operation, a substrate receiving operation, and a substrate placing operation. The substrate holding device is configured to be capable of being switched between a first working state that a pair of blade members are arranged in the vertical direction and a second working state that a pair of blade members are arranged in a position out of the vertical direction and a single blade member can be advanced into a substrate placing structure.