| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 294213000 | SPECIFIC END EFFECTOR FOR ROBOT ARM (E.G., ROBOT HAND, WAFER HANDLER, ETC.) | 57 |
| 20110156417 | Method of operating a robot and apparatus comprising a robot - A robot includes a kinematic mechanism and an end effector coupled to the kinematic mechanism for transferring products, in particular food products. The end effector is automatically cleaned on the satisfaction of a cleaning criterion. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110241367 | ROBOT EDGE CONTACT GRIPPER - An apparatus for gripping a substrate on its peripheral edge including a substrate support having proximate and distal ends, at least one distal rest pad disposed at the distal end, the at least one distal rest pad includes a back stop portion and is configured to support the peripheral edge of the substrate, at least one proximate rest pad disposed at the proximate end, the at least one proximate rest pad being configured to support the peripheral edge of the substrate, and an active contact member assembly disposed at the proximate end, the active contact member assembly including a pusher member, a contact member and a rotatable coupling member that are reciprocably movable towards the distal end for urging the substrate against the back stop portion, the contact member being rotatably secured to the pusher member and free to rotate about an axis of the rotatable coupling member. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241368 | Robot Hand - A robot hand which can be formed in the shape of a human hand and improves maintenance performance, and generates fingertip force is provided. A robot hand ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241369 | ROBOT HAND - The robot hand includes a planetary gear unit into which a rotational power is input from a motor, first and second drive shafts to which a rotational power output from the planetary gear unit is transmitted, a finger having first and second joints respectively driven by the first and second drive shafts. The planetary gear unit includes a sun gear, a planetary gear meshing with external teeth of the sun gear, a planetary arm connected to the planetary gear to coordinately move with a rotation of the planetary gear on its on axis. The sun gear is connected to the motor. The planetary arm is connected to the first drive shaft. An internal gear is connected to the second drive shaft. A resistance generating unit is disposed for making the motion resistance of the internal gear lager than the motion resistance of the planetary arm. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110254303 | ROBOT HAND WITH CONNECTION UNIT THAT UNDERGOES STRETCHING DEFORMATION ACCORDING TO OBJECT SHAPE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT HAND - The present invention relates to a robot hand with a connection part that undergoes stretching deformation according to object shape and a method for controlling a robot hand; the key technical point pertains to a robot hand with a connection part that undergoes stretching deformation according to object shape, comprising: a variable connection device ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120007376 | ROBOT HAND AND LIBRARY DEVICE - A robot hand includes: a drive source; a baseboard; a housing that is capable of advancing and retreating on the baseboard by means of the drive source; a pair of hands that are provided to grasp an object and held by the housing; an operation body that is provided to be capable of being pushed by the object and is held by the housing; and a close mechanism that changes a state of the hands from a non-grasping state where the hands release the object into a grasping state where the hands grasp the object, in response to pushing of the operation body, and that is held by the housing, | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120061981 | HAND AND ROBOT - A hand according to an embodiment includes a pair of supporting units, a pair of capturing claws, an opening-and-closing mechanism, and a reciprocating mechanism. The pair of capturing claws are supported on the inner surfaces of the pair of respective supporting units and capture a part. The opening-and-closing mechanism opens and closes the pair of supporting units along a reciprocating axis intersecting with longitudinal directions of the supporting units. The reciprocating mechanism causes the pair of capturing claws to rotate about the reciprocating axis to change the direction of each tip of the capturing claws. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120068486 | ROBOT HAND - A robot hand, which has an arbitrary object grasping function in the same manner as a human hand and a high precision and stable grasping function in the same manner as an industrial gripper and performs a pose similar to a human hand while having complete opposability without any increase in complexity or degree of freedom. The robot hand includes a base part, and a plurality of finger connection parts, and a plurality of finger modules connected to the plurality of finger connection parts. The finger connection parts connected to the base part are connected to adjacent finger connection parts by roll joints such that each pair the finger connection parts connected by the roll joints is driven together, and the finger connection parts adjacent to the finger connection parts connected to the base part are driven separately from the finger connection parts connected to the base part. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120074724 | HAND AND ROBOT - A hand includes: a pair of supporters; first and second gripping claws which are supported inside of the pair of supporters, respectively, so as to grip a bolt; an oscillating mechanism which oscillates the first and second gripping claws on an oscillatory axis crossing a longitudinal direction of each of the supporters, so as to change the orientation of a tip of each of the first and second gripping claws; and a bolt rotating mechanism for rotating, on the axis of the bolt, the bolt gripped by the first and second gripping claws. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120080897 | Robotic End Effector and Clamping Method - An end effector for use on a robotic arm includes a clamping assembly for clamping a workpiece, and a tool such as a drill for performing an operation on the clamped workpiece. The clamping assembly is slidably mounted on the robotic arm and self adjusts its position relative to the workpiece before a clamping operation is performed. Linear actuators independently control the movements of the clamping members. The actuators are operated by a controller, based in part on position information produced by sensors that sense the position of the clamping members. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120112485 | ROBOT HAND - A robot hand including a frame, a link member moving relative to the frame, a joint unit provided between the frame and the link member, a drive unit supplying power to the joint unit so as to rotate the link member, and a backlash removal unit supplying constant torque to the joint unit, even if a relative position of the link member to the frame is changed as the link member is rotated. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120153655 | ROBOT HAND AND FINGER MECHANISM - A robot hand converts the longitudinal extending and retracting motion of an actuating rod of a linear actuator into opening and closing motion of left and right first links via a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes left and right middle links composed of coil springs. When the left and right first links come in contact with an object to be gripped, the middle links elastically deform and expand, and the force gripping the object gradually increases due to the elastic deformation of the middle links. It is possible to prevent a large gripping force from acting suddenly on the object and to prevent the object from being deformed, damaged, or otherwise suffering harmful effects. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175904 | ROBOT HAND - An aspect of the invention provides a robot hand that performs an action for gripping an object between plural finger sections provided to be capable of changing a distance between the finger sections. Between the plural finger sections, a palm section movable along a direction in which a base side of the plural finger sections and a distal end side of the plural finger sections are connected is provided. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120205931 | FORCE SENSOR, ROBOT APPARATUS, ROBOT HAND, AND DETECTING DEVICE - A force sensor of the present invention corrects the output voltages of Hall elements without using a temperature sensor in response to changes in the characteristics of a magnet and the Hall elements. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120205932 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT APPARATUS - A robot hand includes a first finger unit and a second finger unit, a driving unit that causes the finger units to perform an opening and closing action, and a finger-unit moving mechanism that changes a direction in which the opening and closing action of the first finger unit and the second finger unit is performed. The finger-unit moving mechanism includes a worm wheel, a motor, and a worm. A first gear that rotates in a direction different from the rotating direction of the worm in association with the rotation of the worm is provided in the first finger unit. A second gear that rotates in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the first gear in association with the rotation of the worm is provided in the second finger unit. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120205933 | ROBOTIC HAND WITH PALM SECTION COMPRISING SEVERAL PARTS ABLE TO MOVE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER - An improved robotic hand in which the palm section enables it to be capable of a wide range of movement with the ability to have good precision and control. The palm section consists of a plurality of parts which are able to move or flex relative to each other. Preferably, it is constructed as five bar spherical linkage having two degrees of freedom. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120228892 | AUTOMATIC WORKING DEVICE - An automatic working device according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a robot hand and a determining unit. The robot hand grips a target workpiece. The determining unit determines the type of the workpiece on the basis of a gripping operation for making the robot hand grip a gripped piece that indicates the type of the workpiece provided in a supply vessel that supplies the workpiece to the robot hand. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120248805 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, MOTOR, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT - A motor includes a vibrating plate having a projection part to be pressed against a driven member and a piezoelectric material provided on the vibrating plate, wherein a Young's modulus E | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120256435 | ROBOTIC DEVICE FOR SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPLICATIONS - A device for use in the semiconductor industry includes a robotic arm whose end effector includes at least two prongs designed to hold a substrate carrier. A pushing member located between the prongs can move independently of the prongs and is configured to exert force against the substrate carrier while the prongs are retracted from the substrate carrier, after the substrate carrier has been brought to its intended position. In this manner, the position of the substrate carrier is maintained at its intended position as the prongs are retracted. Each of the prongs may include a claw or gripping member for grasping the substrate carrier. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120280527 | RECONFIGURABLE END-EFFECTOR ATTACHABLE TO A ROBOTIC ARM - A reconfigurable end-effector attachable to a robotic arm, includes a master boom, a first branch assembly and a second branch assembly, a dual articulation mechanism. The dual articulation mechanism includes a first clutch attached to the first branch assembly and is configured to articulate the first branch assembly relative to the second branch assembly. The dual articulation mechanism further includes a second clutch attached to the master boom, the second branch assembly and the first clutch and is configured to simultaneously articulate the first and second branch assemblies relative to the master boom. The first and second branch assemblies each have limbs connected to branches supporting a plurality of tool modules. Each tool module includes an end element configurable to interact with a workpiece. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120286533 | GRIPPER ATTACHMENT FOR ROBOT - A robot gripper attachment for use with conventional robotic platforms, the gripper having opposed claw members, each claw member in turn having a plurality of elongate projections. An inward facing surface of each projection is chamfered, defining an interior gripping surface. This gripping surface may be further provided with a friction material for increased grip. One or more cameras and sensors may be utilized to aid operation by providing the operator with information about depth, distance, and positioning. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286534 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand and a robot according to an embodiment include a set of sliding parts, supporting units, a rotary unit, and a plurality of holding claws. The sliding parts slide in a direction to come close to or move away from each other. The supporting units are secured to the respective sliding parts. The rotary unit is attached to an end portion of at least one of the supporting units and rotates around an axis of rotation parallel to sliding shafts of the sliding parts. The holding claws are attached in directions orthogonal to the axis of rotation and different from one another. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286535 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand includes a palm section provided between a plurality of finger sections. The palm section may be brought into contact with an object while the object is gripped by the finger sections. The robot hand also includes a contact member that is detachably mounted on the palm section. The contact member may be brought into contact with the object instead of the palm section. Accordingly, even if an object is too small to be contacted by the palm section, it is possible to stably grip the small object since the contact member can be brought into contact with the object gripped by the finger sections instead of the palm section. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120286536 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - Four fingers forming a first finger pair and a second finger pair are driven in such a way that the four fingers move closer to or away from an object simultaneously at the same speed to grip the object. This eliminates the need to drive the fingers independently, which makes it possible to simplify the structure and control of the robot hand. Moreover, one of the two fingers forming the second finger pair is a deformable finger. Therefore, even when the second finger pair grasps the object before the first finger pair grasps the object, the deformable finger is deformed, and eventually it is possible to grasp the object with the four fingers. This allows the robot hand to grip various objects even though the robot hand has a simple structure and is controlled with ease. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120299322 | MODULAR ROBOTIC ACCESSORY SYSTEM - A system is provided in which a robot may be used having a robotic arm with a camera and gripper assembly, that enables the use of tools while also allowing use of a gripper assembly located at the end of the robotic arm. Mounting rails may be secured to the gripper assembly to provide a system that is easily adaptable to allow the relatively fast exchange of different tools. Tools may be secured to the mounting rails to allow for both the use of the tools and the existing gripper assembly on the robotic arm. The accessories may be configured to allow enhanced viewing of the accessory through a camera mounted to the robotic arm. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130057008 | ROBOT HAND - A robot hand having an attachment portion that is held when incorporated into a robot includes CFRP layers laminated to each other and a vibration-damping elastic layer that is disposed between the CFRP layer and the CFRP layer. The vibration-damping elastic layer includes viscoelastic resin regions including a viscoelastic resin and a high-rigidity resin region including high-rigidity resin. The viscoelastic resin regions and the high-rigidity resin region are alternately arranged along the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the CFRP layer in the attachment portion. The viscoelastic resin regions improve vibration-damping properties on the robot hand. As the viscoelastic resin regions and the high-rigidity resin region having relatively higher rigidity are alternately arranged along the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the CFRP layers, flexural rigidity along the longitudinal direction of the CFRP layer is improved. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130076055 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand and a robot according to an embodiment include supporting units. The supporting units are arranged on a base and contact the peripheral border of a board to grip the board. At least one of the supporting units rotates while abutting on the peripheral border of the board. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130106128 | MULTI-FINGERED TYPE HAND DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130119689 | SHEAR FORCE DETECTION DEVICE, TACTILE SENSOR AND GRASPING APPARATUS - A shear force detection device for detecting a shear force includes: a support body including an opening defined by a pair of straight parts perpendicular to a detection direction of the shear force and parallel to each other; a support film on the support body and closing the opening, the support film having flexibility; a piezoelectric part on the support film and extending astride an inside and outside of the opening and along at least one of the pair of straight parts of the opening when viewed in a plane in which the support body is seen in a substrate thickness direction, the piezoelectric part being bendable to output an electric signal; and an elastic layer covering the piezoelectric part and the support film. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130154294 | ROBOT AND ROBOT HAND - A robot hand for grasping an object to be grasped includes plural bar-shaped placing sections on which the object to be grasped is placed, plural holding sections which hold lateral sides of the object to be grasped, and a space adjusting section which moves the plural placing sections and the plural holding sections to adjust the space between the plural placing sections. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130193703 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand according to embodiments includes a holding unit, a bottom end, an optical sensor, and a reflecting member. The holding unit holds a thin-plate-shaped workpiece. In the bottom end, its leading part is coupled to the holding unit and its tail part is rotatably coupled to an arm. The optical sensor is provided in the bottom end and has a projector and a photoreceiver. The reflecting member is provided in the holding unit. The reflecting member reflects light from the projector, makes it pass through the holding area of the workpiece, and makes it reach the photoreceiver to form an optical path. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130193704 | ROBOTIC FINGER ASSEMBLY - A robotic hand includes a finger with first, second, and third phalanges. A first joint rotatably connects the first phalange to a base structure. A second joint rotatably connects the first phalange to the second phalange. A third joint rotatably connects the third phalange to the second phalange. The second joint and the third joint are kinematically linked such that the position of the third phalange with respect to the second phalange is determined by the position of the second phalange with respect to the first phalange. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130285404 | FINGER-GESTICULATION HAND DEVICE - A finger-gesticulation hand device includes a base frame representing a metacarpal part of the human hand, and at least three digits mounted on the base frame and appearing to be a thumb and at least two fingers. Each digit has at least two phalange portions respectively linked by two joints which permit a flexing movement of the phalange portions between extended and flexed positions. An actuating cord passes through each digit and is actuated by a solenoid actuator unit to pull the phalange portions of the respective digit to the flexed position. The hand device is simple in construction and capable of making hand gestures in a simple manner. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130334832 | Reconfigurable Guide Pin Design for Centering Wafers Having Different Sizes - An apparatus includes a robot arm, and a plurality of guide pins mounted on the robot arm. Each of the plurality of guide pins includes a plurality of wafer supports at different levels, with each of the plurality of wafer supports configured to support and center a wafer having a size different from wafers configured to be supported and centered by remaining ones of the plurality of wafer supports | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130341946 | ROBOT HAND - A robot hand includes a mounting surface to which a work unit is mounted with some freedom of horizontal movement. A pair of anti-fall hooks is formed at a tip portion of the mounting surface to support a front edge portion of the work unit so as to prevent the work unit from falling off the mounting surface. A pair of support section is provided at a rear edge portion of the mounting surface to support a rear edge portion of the work unit. If, during placement of the work unit into a cassette, the work unit collides with the cassette, the work unit comes into contact with one of the support sections, and the work unit is rotated on the mounting surface about the contact point as a fulcrum so as to correct the misalignment of the work unit. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140035306 | MOBILE ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR SYSTEM - Robotic hands and finger modules include an under-actuated finger with multiple joints including a distal joint, an intermediate joint, and a proximal joint. A brake subsystem in communication with each of the joints selectively locks and unlocks the joints individually. A robotic hand can selectively lock the joints of a finger individually such that one or more joints are locked while one or more joints are unlocked. In addition, the finger module can drive a tendon coupled to the joints to flex the underactuated finger in a manner determined by which of the joints is locked and which of the joints is unlocked. A robotic hand can move an underactuated finger with its distal and proximal joints unlocked until the finger makes contact with an object, and lock the proximal joint, in response to contact made with the object, while the distal joint remains unlocked. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140103676 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT DEVICE - A robot hand includes a finger unit that includes a first knuckle section that is supported to a predetermined base section and a second knuckle section that is supported to the first knuckle section; a drive section that includes a male screw that is rotatable around a predetermined screw axis by a predetermined drive source and a female screw that is screw-coupled with the male screw and moves in an axial direction of the screw axis according to rotation of the male screw, in which the female screw and the first knuckle section are connected to each other so that the first knuckle section moves in association with movement of the female screw; and a link section that connects the first knuckle section and the second knuckle section so that the second knuckle section moves in association with movement of the first knuckle section. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140125079 | ROBOT HAND FOR HANDLING WORKPIECE IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AREA - A robot hand ( | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125080 | END EFFECTOR AND ROBOT - An end effector includes a holding unit that holds a screw member to be rotatable around the axis line of the screw member, and a rotary unit that is provided on the axis line, moves linearly along the axis line in a condition of being in contact with the head portion of the screw member held by the holding unit, and rotates the screw member around the axis line by rotation accompanying the linear motion. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140159407 | ROBOTIC FINGER - A prosthetic finger, comprising: a first axis of movement comprising a moving magnet; a second axis of movement comprising a moving coil, wherein the second axis is generally orthogonal to the first axis; and a third axis of movement comprising a moving magnet, wherein the third axis of movement is generally oriented in the same direction as the first axis of movement. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140159408 | ROBOTIC FINGER - A robotic finger, comprising: a first axis of movement comprising a moving magnet; a second axis of movement comprising a moving coil, wherein the second axis is generally orthogonal to the first axis; and a third axis of movement comprising a moving magnet, wherein the third axis of movement is generally oriented in the same direction as the first axis of movement. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140203582 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A robot hand is provided. The robot hand includes a plurality of holding parts provided to be holdable of a plurality of workpieces, respectively, and a pneumatic drive for protruding one of the holding parts, when the holding part holds one of the workpieces, toward the workpiece with respect to one or more remaining holding parts by pneumatic pressure. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140210224 | END EFFECTOR DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE CONVEYING ROBOT INCLUDING END EFFECTOR DEVICE - An end effector device attached to a tip end portion of a robot arm includes a plurality of support units provided on a blade. Each of the support units includes: a plurality of nail pieces configured to support peripheral portions of a plurality of semiconductor wafers such that the semiconductor wafers are parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another; and a pitch changing mechanism configured to change upper-lower intervals of the nail pieces. The pitch changing mechanism includes: a coil spring configured to support the plurality of nail pieces such that the plurality of nail pieces are spaced apart from one another in an upper-lower direction and elastically deform in the upper-lower direction; and an operating mechanism configured to cause the coil spring to elastically deform in the upper-lower direction. The operating mechanism includes a piston pin fitted in the coil spring to move up and down. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140252789 | ROBOT HAND, ROBOT, AND HOLDING METHOD OF HOLDING OBJECT TO BE PINCHED BY ROBOT - In a robot hand, holding units have bases, and a plurality of curved rod-shaped members that are installed at the bases and are rotatable around rotation axes. The plurality of curved rod-shaped members rotate from a virtual plane including a plurality of the rotation axes by a reaction force from the object to be pinched that is caused by the holding units pinching the object to be pinched, and portions of the curved rod-shaped members hold the object to be pinched. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140284950 | MICRO-NANO TOOLS WITH CHANGEABLE TIPS FOR MICRO-NANO MANIPULATION - The present invention relates to modular system for micro-nano manipulation of samples. The modular system of the present invention comprises changeable tool tips which may be provided in an array, and a tool body. Each changeable tool tip comprises an end effector connected to a base having mating structures. The tool body includes an arm having slits having dimensions and being disposed on the arm so as to detachably couple with the mating structures of the tool tip. The slits may include an opening with rounded corners for receiving the mating structures, and tapered side walls for frictionally fitting the mating structures. The present invention relates also to a connection system for connecting a micro-dimensional tool body to a changeable micro-dimensional tool tip and to a manipulation tool for use with changeable tool tips of the present invention. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140284951 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - A second member having an elongated shape is attached to a first member via a connecting member. The connecting member is rotatable around a first shaft in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the second member with respect to the first member and rotatable around a second shaft intersecting both the longitudinal direction and a direction along the first shaft with respect to the second member. Further, a first drive part that rotationally drives the connecting member around the first shaft is provided in the first member and a second drive part that rotationally drives the connecting member around the second shaft is provided in the second member. In this manner, a robot hand that can rotate the first member and the second member not only around the first shaft but also around the second shaft may be realized with a simpler and smaller structure. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140306474 | SPRING RETAINED END EFFECTOR CONTACT PAD - An end effector is disclosed for use in substrate processing. The end effector includes a effector body portion, a contact pad pocket formed in the end effector body, a spring retaining pocket formed in the end effector body adjacent the contact pad pocket and extending to an edge of the end effector body, and a pair of through-holes extending from the spring retaining pocket to the contact pad pocket. The end effector can include a contact pad seated within the contact pad pocket, the contact pad having at least one retaining channel formed therein, and a retaining spring having a pair of retaining arms extending from the retaining spring pocket through the through-holes and into the contact pad pocket. The retaining arms may extend at least partially into the at least one retaining channel of the contact pad and may thereby restrict movement of the contact pad. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140312640 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An industrial robot may include a hand having an object-mounting section; an arm structured to hold said hand at the front side thereof; a main body section structured to hold the base end of said arm; and a covering member structured to cover at least the top surface of said object-mounting section. The radiant heat reflectance at said covering member may be higher than that at said object-mounting section. The heat conductivity of said covering member may be lower than that of said object-mounting section. The specific gravity of said object-mounting section may be smaller than that of said covering member. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150123417 | Variable Negative Stiffness Actuation - An actuator includes an effective stiffness. The effective stiffness is based at least in part on non-linear deflection characteristics of buckling. A method of varying an effective stiffness of an actuator includes providing an actuator and varying an effective stiffness of the actuator based at least in part on non-linear deflection characteristics of buckling. Another method of varying an effective stiffness of an actuator includes applying a load to a member. The load causes the member to buckle, and the buckling produces non-linear deflection of the member. The method further includes varying an effective stiffness of an actuator based at least in part on the non-linear deflection of the member. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150290815 | PLANAR END EFFECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING A PLANAR END EFFECTOR - A planar end effector and method of making a planar end effector. The method may include the steps of applying adhesive to a first side of a first sheet, the first sheet having a second side opposite the first side, and disposing a first side of a second sheet on the adhesive, the second sheet having a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first sides of the first and second sheets confront each other and define an at least partially adhesive-filled bond-gap therebetween and wherein the second sides of the first and second sheets are parallel with one another. The method may further include the steps of curing the adhesive to produce a planar composite workpiece including the first sheet, the second sheet, and an intermediate adhesive layer, and cutting the end effector from the composite workpiece. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20160005638 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER ROBOT END EFFECTOR - Embodiments of apparatus for supporting a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for supporting a substrate includes a support member; and a plurality of substrate contact elements protruding from the support member, wherein each of the plurality of substrate contact elements includes: a first contact surface to support a substrate when placed thereon; and a second contact surface extending from the first contact surface, wherein the second contact surface is adjacent a periphery of the substrate to prevent radial movement of the substrate, wherein the first contact surface is at a first angle with respect to the support member and the second contact surface is at a second angle with respect to the support member, and wherein the first angle is between about 3 degrees and 5 degrees. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160020131 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MICRO-TRANSFER-PRINTING - In an aspect, a system and method for assembling a semiconductor device on a receiving surface of a destination substrate is disclosed. In another aspect, a system and method for assembling a semiconductor device on a destination substrate with topographic features is disclosed. In another aspect, a gravity-assisted separation system and method for printing semiconductor device is disclosed. In another aspect, various features of a transfer device for printing semiconductor devices are disclosed. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160111312 | END EFFECTOR - An end effector according to the present invention includes: a hand; a substrate holder provided on the hand; a mapping detector provided at distal end portions and of the hand; a light emitter, which the hand is provided with and which is configured to generate detection light; a light receiver, which the hand is provided with and which is configured to receive the detection light and convert the detection light into an electrical output; and an optical path formed such that the detection light emitted from the light emitter passes through the optical path to be incident on the light receiver; the optical path is formed such that detection light is blocked by a substrate detected in a cassette by the mapping detector, and such that detection light is blocked by a substrate held by the substrate holder. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160151919 | TEST GRIPPER AND TEST METHOD USING THE SAME | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155658 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HOLDER AND WAFER CARRYING TOOL USING THE SAME | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160167236 | TOOL ADAPTER FOR ROBOT WRIST AND ROBOT WITH TOOL ADAPTER ATTACHED THERETO | 06-16-2016 |
| 20190148164 | WAFER PRODUCING METHOD AND WAFER PRODUCING APPARATUS | 05-16-2019 |
