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摘要

A processing system (100) comprises a conveyance chamber (150), a plurality of chambers (140, 160) connected with the conveyance chamber, conveying equipment (180) arranged in the conveyance chamber, and a section (200) for controlling the conveying equipment. The conveying equipment comprises a base mount (182) capable of slide operation, and conveying arms (185A, 185B) capable of turning operation. The control section comprises a storage section and an operation controller. The storage section stores pattern model information about a plurality of operation patterns representative of a compound operation of a slide operation and a turning operation, and track model information about a time-dependent operation track corresponding to each operation pattern. The operation controller retrieves required information from the pattern model information and the track model information, and controls operation of conveying equipment according to that information.