Patent ID: 9368381
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B25J,H01L

Claim Text:
1. A transfer robot comprising: a first hand having a predetermined N holding sections, each of the N holding sections for holding a substrate among a plurality of substrates; a second hand having a predetermined N holding sections, each of the N holding sections for holding a substrate among a plurality of substrates; a moving device configured such that the first hand and the second hand rotate together to move to: (i) a standby position where the substrates are located, and (ii) a plurality of different transfer positions, each of the holding sections of the first hand receives a substrate from among the plurality of substrates located at the standby position, substrates previously placed at the transfer positions are then received by each of the holding sections of the second hand, and the substrates held by the holding sections of the first hand are sequentially handed over to the transfer positions; and the controller programmed such that: (i) the first hand receives the substrates at the standby position, and (ii) the second hand hands over the substrates at the standby position, wherein the transfer positions include N transfer positions located at one side of the standby position in the rotation direction and N transfer positions located at the other side of the standby position in the rotation direction, and the moving device is configured such that: