Patent ID: 6647303
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A control system for a system having an interconnected micro device feeder, handling, processing, and output mechanisms, comprising:a control agent; an interface connected to communicate instructions to and from the control agent; a robotic control subsystem including: an input unit responsive to the control agent to control the micro device feeder mechanism to provide a micro device, a robotic subsystem responsive to the control agent to control the handling mechanism for handling the micro device between the feeder and the output mechanisms, and an output unit responsive to the control agent to control the output mechanism to output the micro device; a processing control subsystem responsive to the control agent to control the processing mechanism to process the micro device; and a job manager control connected to the control agent capable of communicating information with the processing control subsystem related to the micro device, the job manager control having a job information module containing: job statistics, device data, and job parameters.