Processing apparatus with conveyer and controller to output request signal and stop instruction signal

A processing apparatus including a processing unit which processes an object, the apparatus comprising:

• a first conveyer configured to perform conveyance of the object between the processing unit and a support arranged at a position between an external apparatus, which is separate from the processing apparatus, and the processing unit;
• and
• a controller configured to output a state signal and a stop instruction signal,
• wherein the external apparatus includes a second conveyer configured to perform conveyance of the object, and to start conveyance of the object to or from the support arranged at the position in response to the state signal,
• wherein the state signal is a signal indicating that the processing apparatus has reached a first state of the processing apparatus, in which the conveyance by the second conveyer is enabled, and is output before the processing apparatus reaches the first state from a second state of the processing apparatus, in which the conveyance by the second conveyer is not enabled, the processing apparatus comprising an interface via which a preset time is changeable, the controller outputting the state signal at the preset time before an estimated time for the processing apparatus to reach the first state from the second state, and
• wherein the stop instruction signal is a signal which instructs the external apparatus to stop the conveyance, the controller being configured to output the stop instruction signal, if it is determined by the controller, based on a state of the processing apparatus after output of the state signal, that the processing apparatus cannot reach the first state from the second state.

A processing apparatus including a processing unit which processes an object, the apparatus comprising:

• a first conveyer configured to hold the object with a first hand included therein and to perform conveyance of the object between the processing unit and a station arranged between an external apparatus, which is separate from the processing apparatus, and the processing unit, the external apparatus including:
• (a) a second conveyer configured to hold the object with a second hand included therein and to perform conveyance of the object to the station or from the station, and (b) a second controller configured to control the conveyance by the second conveyer;
• and
• a first controller configured to output a request signal to the second controller,
• wherein the request signal is a signal for requesting the external apparatus to perform the conveyance by the second conveyer, and is output before the first hand reaches a first position, where a collision of the first hand or the object held by the first hand with the second hand or the object held by the second hand can be avoided, from a second position where the collision cannot be avoided, the processing apparatus comprising an interface via which a preset time is changeable, the first controller outputting the request signal at the preset time before an estimated time for the first hand to reach the first position.

A processing apparatus including a processing unit which processes an object, the apparatus comprising:

• a first conveyer configured to perform conveyance of the object between the processing unit and a support arranged at a position between an external apparatus, which is separate from the processing apparatus, and the processing unit;
• and
• a controller configured to output a state signal,
• wherein the external apparatus includes a second conveyer configured to perform conveyance of the object, and to start conveyance of the object to or from the support arranged at the position in response to the state signal, and
• wherein the state signal is a signal indicating that the processing apparatus has reached a first state of the processing apparatus, in which the conveyance by the second conveyer is enabled, and is output before the processing apparatus reaches the first state from a second state of the processing apparatus, in which the conveyance by the second conveyer is not enabled, the processing apparatus comprising an interface via which a preset time is changeable, the controller outputting the state signal at the preset time before an estimated time for the processing apparatus to reach the first state from the second state.