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Granted Patent B2
US 12,605,825 · App. 18/730,031 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Robot

Inventors: Takeshi Shibata (Kobe, JP); Ryota Ono (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B25J9/06B25J9/108B25J11/0095B25J13/081B25J19/021
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Patent No.
US 12,605,825
App. No.
18/730,031
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robot includes a robot arm and a hand. The hand includes a first hand and a second hand arranged on or above the first hand. At least one of the first hand and the second hand has an airtight hollow hand space.

Claims (41)

1 . A robot comprising:

a robot arm; and

a hand arranged in a distal end part of the robot arm, wherein

the hand includes a first hand, and a second hand arranged on or above the first hand and operating independently of the first hand,

the first hand includes an airtight hollow first hand space,

a first sensor is arranged in the first hand space,

the robot is used in a vacuum atmosphere,

the first hand space is airtight in an atmospheric pressure state, and

the first sensor includes a first part arranged inside the airtight first hand space and a second part arranged outside the airtight first hand space.

2 . The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

the second hand includes an airtight hollow second hand space.

3 . The robot according to claim 2 further comprising a second sensor arranged in the second hand space.

4 . The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor includes at least one of a distance sensor and a vision sensor.

5 . The robot according to claim 1 further comprising

a shaft element supporting the first hand, the second hand, and the robot arm, wherein

the robot arm includes an airtight hollow arm space; and

the shaft element includes a through hole connecting the first hand space to the arm space.

6 . The robot according to claim 5 ,

wherein

a wire extending from the first sensor is arranged to extend from the first hand space through the through hole of the shaft element to the arm space.

7 . The robot according to claim 5 , wherein

the second hand includes an airtight hollow second hand space; and

the through hole of the shaft element includes

a first through hole connecting the arm space to the second hand space, and

a second through hole connecting the first through hole to the first hand space.

8 . The robot according to claim 7 further comprising:

a first space seal arranged between the first hand and the shaft element to airtightly seal the first hand space;

a second space seal arranged between the second hand and the shaft element to airtightly seal the second hand space; and

an arm seal arranged between the robot arm and the shaft element to airtightly seal the arm space.

9 . The robot according to claim 5 further comprising:

a first bearing arranged between the robot arm and the shaft element; and

a second bearing arranged between the first hand and the shaft element.

10 . The robot according to claim 1 , wherein

the first hand includes

a housing body including an opening,

a lid closing the opening of the housing body, and

a lid seal sealing the housing body and the lid; and

the housing body, the lid and the lid seal make the first hand space airtight.

11 . The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the first hand is a substrate-holding hand for holding a substrate.

12 . The robot according to claim 2 , wherein

the second hand space is airtight in an atmospheric pressure state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2024
From: SHIBATA, TAKESHI; ONO, RYOTA
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 068019/0954 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-015796 · Feb 3, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250114933A1 · Apr 10, 2025
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