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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Khai T. Ngo, Austin, TX (US);

Michelle A. Wong, Fremont, CA (US);

Helder Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1694 (2013.01); B25J 9/1651 (2013.01); B25J 11/0095 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/0014 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B25J 15/0683 (2013.01); H01L 21/677 (2013.01); H01L 21/6838 (2013.01); H01L 21/68707 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for grip-based transport speeds for objects transported at a manufacturing system is provided. A controller can detect an object placed on an end effector of a robot arm. The controller can apply vacuum pressure to secure the object to the end effector via vacuum grip pads. The controller can obtain a vacuum pressure measurement indicating the amount of vacuum pressure between the object and the end effector and determine whether the obtained vacuum pressure measurement satisfies a vacuum pressure criterion. The controller can determine a transport speed setting for transporting the object using the robot arm based on whether the obtained vacuum pressure measurement satisfies the vacuum pressure criterion. The controller can cause the robot arm to move the object according to the transport speed setting.


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