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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Peter Van Der Meulen, Newburyport, MA (US);
Christopher C Kiley, Carlisle, MA (US);
Patrick D. Pannese, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Peter van der Meulen, Newburyport, MA (US);
Christopher C Kiley, Carlisle, MA (US);
Patrick D. Pannese, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Brooks Automation, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided. The method includes disposing a plurality of robotic facilities to form a semiconductor handling system, controlling the semiconductor handling system with a controller to handoff a workpiece between neighboring robotic facilities, and providing a software interface for the controller, wherein the software interface permits a user to view alternate configurations of the handling system in order to optimize a characteristic of the handling system.