WPTR-01 Wellplate-Transfer Robot System
Wellplate-Transfer Robot System
ASI’s Wellplate-Transfer Robot System is an automated platform designed to handle multiwell microplates. At the center of the system is the breadboard-mountable WPTR-01 three-axis robot, which automatically transfers standard wellplates from eleven-slot hotels to an ASI automated XY stage.
The ASI stage provides high resolution and high repeatability, and can be mounted onto any common research-grade inverted microscope, as a stand-alone scanning system, or in OEM implementations. ASI stages utilize crossed-roller slides, high-precision lead screws, and zero-backlash miniature geared DC servomotors with high-resolution rotary encoders for smooth and accurate motion, and long life in demanding applications.
The focus can also be automated with one of ASI’s proven DC servomotor Z-drives that can be retrofitted to the fine-focus shaft of most microscopes, or with one of ASI’s patented piezo-Z top plate stages for nanometer-scale focusing. In stand-alone implementations, ASI’s linear stages can translate either optics or a stage to perform focus operations.
The robot can be controlled with its Teaching Pendant, or through RS-232 serial communication. ASI’s stage and Z-drive control units provides for RS-232 and USB communication with a host computer.
Features
- High speed 3-axis robot with electric gripper to handle standard 128×86 wellplates
- Up to four 11-slot hotels in fixed configuration, or more hotels in carousel configuration
- Closed-loop DC servo control on XY stages and Z-drives for precise positioning
- “Zero” and “Home” buttons, and XY joystick control, for stand-alone stage operations
- Teaching Pendant for stand-alone robot operations, with emergency stop button
- Microprocessor control with RS-232 serial and USB communications
- Proven operation with many popular software packages
- Suitable for stand-alone, OEM, and specialty applications
Robot Specifications in Standard Configuration
| Wellplate size (Society of Biomolecular Sciences standard) | 127.7 mm x 85.6 mm | |
| Robot Type | Cylindrical Coordinates, plus Gripper | |
| Maximum Operational Range | Radius, R | 270 mm |
| Theta, T | 300 degrees | |
| Zeta, Z | 300 mm | |
| Maximum Operational Speed | Radius, R | 300 mm/sec |
| Theta, T | 180 degrees/sec | |
| Zeta, Z | 300 mm/sec | |
| Repeatability | Radius, R and Zeta, Z | ± 0.1 mm |
| Theta, T | ± 0.05 degrees | |
| End-Effecter | Electric Gripper | |
| Payload | 0.2 kg | |
| Weight | Approximately 15 kg | |
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Events / Tradeshows
Biophysical Society 56th Annual Meeting - Booth #611 - February 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CADPG Berlin - March 25-30, 2012, Berlin, Germany (OptoPhase)SPIE Photonics Europe - April 16-19, 2012, Brussels, Belgium (Optophase)Analytica - April 17-20, 2012, Munich, Germany (Optophase)Experimental Biology 2012 - Booth #830 - April 22 - 24, 2012, San Diego, CAEMRS 2012 Spring Meeting - May 15-17, 2012, Strasbourg, France (Optophase)FENS 2012 - July 14-18, 2012, Barcelona, Spain (Optophase)European Microscopy Congress (EMC 2012) - Booth #315 - September 16 - 21, 2012, Manchester Central, UKCopyright © Applied Scientific Instrumentation 2001 - 2012. All rights reserved.