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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2019
Applicants:

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;

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

Inventors:

Junichi Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;

Iori Kurata, San Jose, CA (US);

Tomokazu Arita, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67742 (2013.01); H01L 21/67161 (2013.01); H01L 21/67748 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate transport robot includes: a base installed inside a transport chamber; an arm; a first hand and a second hand rotatable about a vertical hand axis and configured to support a substrate; and a controller. The controller performs: a first transfer process of causing the first hand to enter from the transport chamber into a storage chamber, and transferring the substrate between the first hand and a placing portion in the storage chamber; an exit process of causing the first hand to exit the storage chamber into the transport chamber; and a second transfer process of causing the second hand to enter from the transport chamber into the storage chamber. In the exit process, the hand axis moves away from a center line of an opening, such that the hand axis is farther from the center line than a reference position of the first hand is.


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