{"id":794,"date":"2018-03-27T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T06:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentrons.com.cn\/?p=794"},"modified":"2024-04-18T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:56:47","slug":"a-cheap-pipette-wielding-robot-wants-to-take-over-the-boring-bits-of-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opentrons.com.cn\/en\/news\/a-cheap-pipette-wielding-robot-wants-to-take-over-the-boring-bits-of-research\/","title":{"rendered":"A cheap, pipette-wielding robot wants to take over boring research tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This new affordable laboratory machine offers even small research teams the opportunity to automate experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What it does:<\/strong> Basically, this is the most boring part of lab work. Created by Opentrons, OT-2 uses pre-written code or custom code created by researchers to automate experiments by measuring and moving liquids between containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Small-Scale Automation:<\/strong> Equipment to perform pipetting tasks already exists, but they are too large and expensive for small laboratories. The OT-2 costs $4,000 and fits on a standard lab bench, meaning more researchers should be able to skip pipetting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Increase output:<\/strong> \u201cWe tend to think of our robots as force multipliers and expect each researcher to increase their output in the lab with every OT-2 they run. About three times,\u201d said Opentrons co-founder Will Canine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Automation Lab: The robot also has an open API, meaning users can integrate the robot with devices like Amazon Alexa \u2014 something scientists are already experimenting with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This new affordable laboratory machine offers even smal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"\n