Substrate alignment system
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1. A substrate loading system, comprising:
- a vision system adapted to view a substrate and provide position signals indicative of substrate position,a controller adapted to receive the position signals from the vision system, determine the substrate position, and send transport signals to a robot arm, andthe robot arm adapted to engage the substrate in a beginning location and a beginning position and transport the substrate to a desired location in a desired position, based at least in part on the transport signals received from the controller.
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A substrate loading system, having a vision system adapted to view a substrate and provide position signals indicative of substrate position. A controller receives the position signals from the vision system, determines the substrate position, and sends transport signals to a robot arm. The robot arm engages the substrate in a beginning location and a beginning position and transports the substrate to a desired location and a desired position, based at least in part on the transport signals received from the controller.
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1. A substrate loading system, comprising:
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a vision system adapted to view a substrate and provide position signals indicative of substrate position, a controller adapted to receive the position signals from the vision system, determine the substrate position, and send transport signals to a robot arm, and the robot arm adapted to engage the substrate in a beginning location and a beginning position and transport the substrate to a desired location in a desired position, based at least in part on the transport signals received from the controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of transporting a substrate from a beginning location and a beginning position to a desired location and a desired position, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) viewing a substrate with a vision system, (b) providing position signals indicative of substrate position, (c) receiving the position signals from the vision system with a controller, (d) determining the substrate position with the controller, (e) sending transport signals to a robot arm from the controller, (f) engaging the substrate with the robot arm in the beginning location and the beginning position, and (g) transporting the substrate with the robot arm to the desired location and the desired position, based at least in part on the transport signals received from the controller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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