Disclosed is a substrate transfer apparatus including a moving plate including an upper magnetic levitation rail and a lower magnetic levitation rail, a processing chamber disposed adjacent to the moving plate and that processes a substrate, and a shuttle disposed between the upper magnetic levitation rail and the lower magnetic levitation rail, being moved on the moving plate, and that accommodates the substrate.

The present disclosure describes a method for replacing a photoresist (PR) bottle using a vehicle. An exemplary vehicle includes a processor configured to receive a request signal to replace a first PR bottle. The processor is also configured to transmit an order based on the request signal. The vehicle also includes a plurality of wheels configured to move the vehicle from the first location to a second location, and from the second location to the first location. The vehicle further includes a robotic arm configured to load, at the first location, the first PR bottle into a first container; load a second PR bottle in a second container; remove a cap from the second PR bottle and a socket from the first PR bottle; couple the socket of the first PR bottle to the second PR bottle; and unload the second PR bottle from the second container.

A wet-processing dark laboratory for scientific research includes a laboratory body, a wet-processing equipment, a transfer robot, a sample supplying and storing apparatus, a chemical supplying and storing apparatus, and a control apparatus. The laboratory body is configured to provide a clean space. The transfer robot includes a moving device, a mechanical arm device, at least one end effector, and an accompanying device. The accompanying device can move with the moving device and provide a temporary storage space. The mechanical arm device is mounted on the moving device. The at least one end effector is mounted on the mechanical arm device for grasping a semiconductor sample and/or a chemical tank. The above design enables 24/7 experiments conduction without the need for human presence, which forms a dark laboratory.

Proposed are article storage equipment in a semiconductor fabrication facility, the article storage equipment being capable of power supply with a more simplified configuration, and a logistics system of a semiconductor fabrication facility including the same. Article storage equipment in a semiconductor fabrication facility according to one aspect includes a storage unit installed around a rail that provides a travel route of a transport vehicle and configured to store a transport container in which a wafer is accommodated, a purge unit configured to supply an inert gas into the transport container, a control unit configured to identify the transport container stored in the storage unit and control the purge unit to supply the inert gas into the transport container, and a power supply unit configured to supply a current induced from a power supply cable installed along the rail to the control unit.

A transport vehicle that transports a container while being suspended includes a lateral swing suppression device configured to abut against an outer side surface of the container that is suspended and held, and suppress a lateral swing of the container. The lateral swing suppression device includes an abutment roller configured to rotatably abut against the outer side surface of the container. A concave groove extending continuously over an entire periphery of an outer peripheral surface of the abutment roller is formed in a region corresponding to a convex portion of the container.

A storage apparatus includes a support part fixedly coupled to a ceiling surface, a rotating plate under the support part, a driving unit connecting the support part and the rotating plate, and a plurality of tables spaced apart from each other. The plurality of tables has an axis. The plurality of tables is connected to the rotating plate. The rotating plate is rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the axis.

In the overhead vehicle system, the first rail and the second rail are disposed in a grid. The first rail (or second rail) is disposed such that a gap through which the connecting part below the traveling wheel is able to pass is formed between the rail and an intersection rail disposed at an intersection in the grid. The first rail (or the second rail) includes an auxiliary member configured to be removably attached to the attachment portion provided at the end in the longitudinal direction, the auxiliary member protruding from the rail upper surface of the rail and coming into contact with the auxiliary wheel.

A wet-processing dark laboratory for scientific research includes a laboratory body, a wet-processing equipment, a transfer robot, a sample supplying and storing apparatus, a chemical supplying and storing apparatus, and a control apparatus. The laboratory body is configured to provide a clean space. The transfer robot includes a moving device, a mechanical arm device, at least one end effector, and an accompanying device. The accompanying device can move with the moving device and provide a temporary storage space. The mechanical arm device is mounted on the moving device. The at least one end effector is mounted on the mechanical arm device for grasping a semiconductor sample and/or a chemical tank. The above design enables 24/7 experiments conduction without the need for human presence, which forms a dark laboratory.

A system according to the present disclosure includes a first fixed rail segment, a second fixed rail segment aligned with the first fixed rail segment along a first direction, a rotatable rail joint disposed between the first fixed rail segment and the second fixed rail segment along the first direction, a hanger mechanically coupled to the rotatable rail joint, a powered rotational mechanism housed in the hanger. The rotatable rail joint includes at least one rotational rail that is aligned with the first fixed rail segment and the second fixed rail segment when the rotatable rail joint rotates to an alignment position is not aligned with the first fixed rail segment and the second fixed rail segment when the rotatable rail joint rotates out of the alignment position.