End Effector

An apparatus for transporting a substrate, comprising:

• a first portion housing an electric motor, the electric motor having a drive shaft;
• a pivot bracket having a first end and a second end, the first end of the pivot bracket being coupled to the drive shaft;
• and
• a second portion affixed to the second end of the pivot bracket, the second portion including a plurality of paddle assemblies each having support extensions extending through a bearing assembly housed within the second portion, each of the paddle assemblies having an independent magnetically coupled drive assembly disposed between corresponding support extensions, each magnetically coupled drive having a shaft with an external drive body disposed around a portion of the shaft and an internal drive body disposed within an inner cavity of the shaft, the external drive body and the internal drive body including magnets coupling the internal and the external drive bodies in that movement of the internal drive body within the inner cavity causes movement of the external drive body.