Robotics in the laboratory

TTie applications of robotics in the laboratory have been numerous. The examples described here have been chosen from the recent literature to give a brief overview of what can be achieved using commercially available robotics, along with additional input from more conventional automation approaches. 

Robots and Robotics in the Laboratory What Does It Mean ... 

The application of robots In the laboratory Is still at an early stage of development. However, It is easy to predict that robots will occupy a prominent place In laboratories In the years to come. Nevertheless, despite the popular connotations behind the word robot , technology Is not yet In a position to offer inexpensive, Intelligent moving machines In the style of the well-known androids of science-fiction films. 

There are clear precedents for the use of robots In the laboratory. So far there have been great advances In the development and manufacture of robots for industrial purposes, and these will ultimately facilitate the Incorporation of mlnlrobots Into the laboratory. On the other hand, the most represents-... 

A compilation of the references on the application of robots in the laboratory can be found at the end of this chapter. It must be admitted that robotics is an atypical technique in this sense in fact, although the first... 

To begin with, questions such as "What is the use of robots " and Are there any reasons to justify the use of robots In the laboratory " can only be answered by considering some of the advantages offered by robotized methods as compared with both manual and other automated methods, namely ... 

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