US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on June 3 for "Substrate transfer robot and method of controlling the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,946, issued on June 3, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Substrate transfer robot and method of controlling the same" was invented by Masaya Yoshida (Himeji, Japan) and Junichi Sugahara (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate transfer robot includes a robot body including a first hand having a first substrate placing part on which a substrate is placed and a first substrate holding mechanism configured to hold and release the substrate, and a robot controller. The robot controller controls a speed of the first hand such that an absolute value of a first maximum speed or an absolute value of a firs...