Patent ID: 7239970

Claim:
A cell for inspecting workpieces comprising: a source of workpieces to be inspected; a first tester for inspecting at least some of said workpieces; a first output container for receiving acceptable workpieces from said first tester; a second output container for receiving workpieces from said first tester that are to be further evaluated and/or re-worked; a third output container for receiving rejected workpieces from said first tester; and one or more robotic arms for taking workpieces from said source of workpieces and providing said workpieces to said first tester, said one or more robotic arms also taking said workpieces from said first tester and placing them in one of said first, second or third output containers in response to inspection performed by said first tester; wherein when said second output container is full, said cell continues to operate such that workpieces that would otherwise be placed in said second output container are placed in said third output container.