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"Pick-and-place" transportation for microplates between devices with BRT Robotic Transport

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BRT Robotic Transport

The Robotic Transport (BRT) from Beckman Coulter provides microplate transportation between instruments, including those off the Biomek® liquid handling deck, expanding integration flexibility. Supplementing the Biomek liquid handler’s gripper transport on-deck, BRT can transport microplates from the Biomek deck to instruments such as incubators and microplate readers anywhere along its Y-axis. Its rotating grippers allow the microplate to be in either landscape or portrait orientation. It provides fast and reliable transportation within tightly integrated systems, enabling longer walk-away automation of the assay.

BRT Features:

Integration flexibility with a wide range of instruments, including microplate readers, washers, and incubators
Landscape or portrait microplate orientation
Barcode reader option enables positive microplate identification and tracking of samples
Seamless software integration - Easy user interface within the software of the integrated device
BRT can move a stack of multiple standard microplates at a time
BRT enables automation between devices off the Biomek deck without a rail-base system
BRT has compact footprint, enabling tight optimal configurations and conserving valuable lab space

BRT moves plates between:

Cytomat* 24 Incubator
Molecular Devices Emax*
Conveyor ALP
2 Titertek Multidrop Dispensers

Example Layout: BRT accesses two Multidrop devices and the Molecular Devices EMAX* reader - plates are picked from the conveyor and placed in the appropriate location

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For Research Use Only; not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Additional Information:

BRT Robotic Transport

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