US Patent Issued to Diablo Capital, Kawasaki Robotics (USA) on Sept. 15 for "Electrostatically-enhanced friction-gripping end effector" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,711, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Diablo Capital Inc. (Calif.) and Kawasaki Robotics (USA) Inc. (Mich.).

"Electrostatically-enhanced friction-gripping end effector" was invented by Eryn Smith (Danville, Calif.), Charles Maschal (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Avish Bharwani (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrostatically-enhanced friction-gripping end effector is an apparatus that quickly and securely moves a semiconductor wafer from one spot to another spot. The apparatus includes a flat effector body, an electrostatic antenna, an antenna controller, and a plurality of gripping pads. The flat effector body ...