The constructive assembly of the containment means (9) is intended for the automated production of pharmaceutical or biotechnical articles (6). As an end product, a respective article (6) comprises multiple article parts (7). The containment means (9) has a housing (90) within which there is an inner chamber (91) having at least one through opening (917, 919). At most, multiple robots (1, 2) are installed in the chamber (91), which generally have a manipulating element (12, 22) on the pivotable arms (11, 21) thereof, which can move within a pivot range (R.sub.1,R.sub.2). At most, multiple process units (3) are installed in the chamber (91) for the production of the articles (6). The chamber (91) is formed by a process space (93) for the production of the articles (6) and a tub-shaped base space (92) for anchoring the feet (10, 20) of the robots (1, 2) to the side surfaces (910,912,916,918) inside the base space (92). The process space (93) is arranged above the base space (92) and both are adjacent in a corresponding manner and such that they are open to one another. The manipulating element (12, 22) functions as a gripping means and transportation means for the articles (6) or article parts (7) and/or for inspecting the articles (6) or article parts (7) and/or for the production of the articles (6). The pivot range (R.sub.1,R.sub.2) of the manipulating elements (12, 22) on the robots (1, 2) extends in the horizontal and vertical plane within a working region (a), which lies between a minimum and a maximum working height (a.sub.min,a.sub.max).

The present invention relates to a production system (10), in particular for producing biological-pharmaceutical products (20), and/or a method for producing a product (20), in particular a biological-pharmaceutical product (20).

An apparatus and method are presented for removing container covers within a controlled environment enclosure with pre-sterilized nested containers without using gloves. The apparatus comprises an articulated arm apparatus and a gripping apparatus for the pre-sterilized nested containers and can further comprise a controller. The articulated arm apparatus can be configurable for holding and moving a container in three dimensions; and the gripping apparatus can be configured for gripping a container cover sealing the container. The method comprises providing the pre-sterilized nested containers in the form of a container having a plurality of decontaminated parts, moving the container using the articulated arm apparatus while holding a gripping area of the container cover substantially stationary using the gripping apparatus. The apparatus can further comprise a sensor configured for supplying information to the controller for determining the location of the container cover gripping area and an orientation of the container cover. The method can further comprise inspecting the container cover using the sensor. The container can be moved along a path and within a space determined by the controller.

An industrial robot may include multiple motors structured to rotate multiple arm units; multiple motor drivers to drive multiple motors; a power source to supply power to the multiple motor drivers; a charge-discharge unit connected to the multiple motor drivers; a control execution unit to control the multiple motor drivers; an elevation motor to elevate the arm, an elevation motor driver to drive the elevation motor; a first brake to stop the elevation motor; and a second brake to stop the elevation motor. When the industrial robot makes an emergency stop, the supplied power is turned off and control execution unit stops the multiple motors while controlling the multiple motor drivers by using the power supplied from the charge-discharge unit. The control execution unit controls at the time of said emergency stop, operates the first brake and then operates the second brake to stop the elevation motor.

A main isolator 2 (main aseptic device) includes a main connection part 6 having an opening O through which a work space W is externally opened, and an internal opening and closing member 22 configured to open and close an internal opening 21a of the main connection part 6 on the work space W side. A manual incubator 3 (first auxiliary aseptic device) includes a first auxiliary connection part 7 connectable with the main connection part 6 of the main isolator 2, and an automatic incubator 4 and a housing container 5 (second auxiliary aseptic devices) each include a second auxiliary connection part 8 smaller than the first auxiliary connection part 7. In addition, an external blockage member 9 configured to externally block the opening O of the main connection part 6 is provided.

Provided are a driving apparatus and an operation method thereof. The driving apparatus includes driving parts driving on a driving path in a clean room in an autonomous driving manner, and handling parts provided on the driving parts and performing a three-dimensional handling operation for an object through flow in multi-directions.

The present invention relates to a production system (10), in particular for producing biological-pharmaceutical products (20), and/or a method for producing a product (20), in particular a biological-pharmaceutical product (20).

The present invention relates to a production system (10), in particular for producing biological-pharmaceutical products (20), and/or a method for producing a product (20), in particular a biological-pharmaceutical product (20).

Provided is a cell treatment apparatus including a treatment chamber that is configured to secure a space for arranging therein a plurality of containers for use in treatment of cells in an inner space maintained in aseptic conditions, a gripping mechanism that is arranged in the treatment chamber and is configured to grip the plurality of containers arranged in the space, wherein the plurality of containers are capable of being arranged in the space so as to have their positions matched with predetermined positions of the plurality of containers so that the gripping mechanism can grip a container to be selected based on a command from among the plurality of containers.

The present invention is to provide an industrial robot, which is placed in vacuum for use, capable of efficiently cooling down hand- or arm-driving motors which are arranged inside the arm in air. The industrial robot is provided with a motor for rotating a second arm unit with respect to a first arm unit, a motor for rotating a hand with respect to the second arm unit, a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the second arm unit, and a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the hand; the hand and the arm are placed in vacuum. The reduction gears and are coaxially arranged so that the center of rotation of the second arm unit with respect to the first arm unit coincides with the axial centers of the reduction gears. The interior space of the hollow first arm unit is kept at atmospheric pressure in which the motors and the reduction gears are arranged.