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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2014
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Izya Kremerman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A substrate-transporting robot apparatus is disclosed. The robot apparatus may include an upper arm, a forearm independently rotatable relative to the upper arm, a wrist member independently rotatable relative to the forearm, and an end effector adapted to carry a substrate. In some aspects, the independent rotation is provided by a robot drive assembly having a second driving pulley mounted for rotation on a first driving pulley. In another aspect, robot drive assemblies including base-mounted and web-mounted pulleys are disclosed. Robot drive assemblies and operational methods are provided, as are numerous other aspects.