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Sample manipulation using robotic principles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

J. Huddleston ,
N.R. Burgess  and
A.D. Walmsley
J. Huddleston
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics & Instrumentation Division, Harwell Laboratory, UKAEA, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA (UK)
N.R. Burgess
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics & Instrumentation Division, Harwell Laboratory, UKAEA, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA (UK)
A.D. Walmsley
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Thames Polytechnic, London (UK)
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Summary

In research and industry, there are many situations where components or samples are moved between processes or measurement stations. Where the sample throughput is low, or the application is unique, it may not be cost-effective to custom design a system. In order to allow automation in these cases, an approach which uses a family of components to construct a manipulator has been developed. Reliability and long term availability are major requirements of the system described.

Keywords

Measurements stationsProcessesMovementSample manipulationLow throughputReliability
Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 327 - 331
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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References

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