[DIYbio] Re: liquid handling robots -- types and styles

Hi,

Interesting concept. I am trying to make a simple lequid handeling robot. I need some help.
Do you have any perticular pipetor or pipating module in mind which can be controlled electronically not by buttons by electrical voltage or current (I mean just like electronic valve - solenoid valve). I am searching for this since ling time.
Sorry for posting on very old thread but if poossible please help.


On Friday, August 26, 2011 at 2:06:29 AM UTC+5:30, phillyj wrote:

I was just reading about the OS liquid handling robots here. You guys
talk about using an XY axis method to move the bot around. I think it
was mentioned (not sure if I read correctly) to use a circular
platform. If that is the case, then you only need to rotate the
platform and move the pipette in a linear motion and down to inject
the fluid. So I guess thats we need XZ axis for the arm and circular
rotation for the well plate. The precision would only be needed on the
well-plate rotation and the arm ouly needs a fixed XZ value. So
instead of 2 precision servos, we can reduce it to one.

These are just some initial thoughts. Are there any commercial robots
like this that I can read about?

I attached my crude rendering.