Re: [DIYbio] Re: update on the liquid handler

On 11/29/2014 02:20 PM, Yuriy Fazylov wrote:
> John, for Otto's design you are offering a projection out of the relatively 2D frame to navigate about a series of cascading shelves. Is that correct?

Yes. I was seeing how tilt can be an advantage. It allows lots of terraces of area to be accessed
without such a wide/heavy moving part on the gantry. A small projection away from vertical
would be enough to reach under the terrace above -- same as terrace overlap.
Terrace vertical spacing can be about human hands getting in there.

Being vertical can be seen as a disadvantage, but once you get past issues like "It's tippy!",
you might find people like its small footprint. Sell it with clamps to
fasten on the edge of lab benches, or even on the edges of upper lab bench shelves that are solid.

Here's an idea:

Q: What if it goes up vertically from a top lab bench shelf so high it's out of reach mostly
except for the bottom two terraces?

A: Make it a liquid handler with a latch thingy so it can also be a tray handler to
deliver trays down where people can reach them. Have designated lower shelves for
humans to use -- not needing very much vertical spacing, and each shelf has a readout
showing what the tray name and contents are. No confusion, and results of some programmed
sequences of mixology are ready to go on a lower shelf. Add a clean air box around all this
and voila -- automation! Maybe later even add humidity, incubation, CO2 to the liquid handling space...

And all that might take up 15 inches of lab bench top shelf space.
The shelves that are a little below eye level.

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