Abstract: A robot for carrying a substrate in which minimum turning radius is small when the arm is retracted although a plurality of forks are provided and installation area can be minimized. The robot comprises a fixed base, a first turnable arm linked with the fixed base, a second turnable arm linked with the first arm, and a turnable fork linked with the second arm, wherein the fork comprises a plurality of first and second independent forks. The first and second forks are fixed coaxially and vertically in two stages to the forward end part of the second arm such that they can turn independently and first and second fork drive motors are disposed in the second arm.

Abstract: A haloacetamide compound of the following formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 -C.sub.14 aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 heteroaryl group having one or two hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of O, S and N,R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy group, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, taken together, represent a C.sub.2 -C.sub.16 alkylene group,R.sub.4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.6 -C.sub.14 aryl group, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkenyl grup or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alkynyl group, andY represents a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I;and its use as herbicide.