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Robotic Automation for Solar Cell Manufacturing

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Rush Laselle, !%Adept Technology Inc.%!

The global photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing community is on the cusp of a resurgence in investment, development and innovation, a revolution that largely will be driven by technology. It is vital to find the most effective – and most cost-effective – tools and processes to increase productivity and decrease costs within a set capital plan. Robotic automation is a significant part of solar cell manufacturing, but it is important to consider which robot types and kinematics are best for each unique process, looking at the solar manufacturing areas where there are the greatest return...Read full article

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    Published: June 2010
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    cartesian
    Of or pertaining to the methods of the French philosopher Rene Descartes. Refers to the standard orthogonal X-Y-Z coordinate system.
    cell
    1. A single unit in a device for changing radiant energy to electrical energy or for controlling current flow in a circuit. 2. A single unit in a device whose resistance varies with radiant energy. 3. A single unit of a battery, primary or secondary, for converting chemical energy into electrical energy. 4. A simple unit of storage in a computer. 5. A limited region of space. 6. Part of a lens barrel holding one or more lenses.
    footprint
    1. The sector of the Earth's surface registered upon a remote sensing device in a satellite. 2. The amount of space occupied by a component on the surface upon which it is mounted. 3. The space on an optical component occupied by a light beam.
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    A noncrystalline, inorganic mixture of various metallic oxides fused by heating with glassifiers such as silica, or boric or phosphoric oxides. Common window or bottle glass is a mixture of soda, lime and sand, melted and cast, rolled or blown to shape. Most glasses are transparent in the visible spectrum and up to about 2.5 µm in the infrared, but some are opaque such as natural obsidian; these are, nevertheless, useful as mirror blanks. Traces of some elements such as cobalt, copper and...
    kinematics
    That portion of physics concerned with motion in the abstract, such as of points or space figures, and separated from its dynamic properties.
    vision
    The processes in which luminous energy incident on the eye is perceived and evaluated.
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