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Re: Robot Friendly CentrifugeFrom: murban-piette@gilson.com CommentsThere was an interesting article concerning this in _Laboratory Robotics and Automation_ (Vol 10, #3, 1998) titled "An Inexpensive Video Signal Multiplexer for Multicamera Machine Vision in Automted Analytical Laboratory Systems". As you can surmise from the title, they didn't try to find a robot-friendly centrifuge, but rather adapted the robot to existing centrifuges. We've run into this problem with shakers/agitators. How can you get the platform to return to a consistent resting place? The answer has usually involved the use of stepper motors. These motors turn as incremental steps. But I wonder if they might be unfit for centrifuges, where the priority of speed outweighs the priority of positional accuracy? Please let me know if you find a solution to your problem. [web_discuss/_private/disc3_aftr.htm] |
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