ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,000, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).
"Substrate conveying robot system" was invented by Haruhiko Tan (Kobe, Japan), Masaya Yoshida (Himeji, Japan), Masahiko Sumitomo (Kakogawa, Japan) and Shota Tominaga (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate conveying robot includes a hand sensor provided on a substrate holding hand, and a hand circuit substrate provided on the substrate holding hand connected to the hand sensor, and a serial communication connection is made between a robot controller and the hand circuit substrate through an inside of an arm."
The patent was filed on Nov. 2...