Patent ID: 6764271
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B25J,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A substrate conveyer robot comprising:a rotatable base rotatably driven by a first motor inside a body portion of the robot and defining a pivotal center for the robot; plural first spindles mounted for rotation independent of the rotation of the rotatable base, each first spindle offset by the same distance from the pivotal center; plural second motors for rotatably driving respective first spindles; a first arm attached at one end to each first spindle; a second spindle rotatably mounted on a second end of each of the first arms, and plural first rotation transfer means for transferring rotation of the first arm to each of the second spindles, each of said first transfer means including pulleys and a timing belt, mounted inside the first arm and providing a 2:1 gear ratio; a second arm attached at one end to each second spindle; a third spindle rotatable mounted on a second end of each second arm, and plural second rotation transfer means for transferring rotation of the second arm to the third spindle, each of said second rotation transfer means including pulleys and a timing belt mounted inside the second arm and providing a 1:2 gear ratio wherein a distance between the first spindles and the second spindles is equal to a distance between the second spindles and the third spindles; a third arm attached at one end to each third spindle; a hand for holding a substrate attached to a second end of each third arm; and control means for controlling angles of rotation &thgr; and &phgr;, &phgr;â€² in such a manner that center points of substrates held by the hands move linearly on a straight line parallel to and spaced from a line passing through the pivotal center, in an arbitrary direction within an accessible range of the hand, wherein &thgr; is the angle of rotation of the rotatable base about the pivotable center and &phgr; and &phgr;â€² are the angles of rotation of the respective first arms about the first spindles, whereby a substrate may be inserted into and removed from a container by each of said hands.