NEW LAB ROBOT
NEW LAB ROBOT TO EASE PAIN AND SAVE TIME FOR LABORATORIES By Karin Jensen
A new robot from Flow Robotics, the flowbot ONE, can take over tedious and time-consuming liquid handling tasks in the laboratory. This will help the many laboratory technicians and medical laboratory technologists who experience pain on a daily basis, but can also help save time A recent report from the
ly shoulders, arms and hands,”
“You press the screen, just like
National Research Centre for
says Charlotte Rossmeisl, CCO
a smart phone.”
Work Environment shows that
at Flow Robotics.
37% of laboratory techni-
“Previously, lab robots have
Charlotte Rossmeisl, Chief Commercial Officer at Flow Robotics
Flow Robotics is currently
been difficult to set up but
launching its new lab robot,
we’re changing that. Our
the flowbot ONE, which can
robot is easy to use and is
perform liquid handling tasks
quickly to set up just as it can
Another advantage of the
in the laboratory and take over
perform many different tasks.
flowbot ONE is that it can take
many of the repetitive and
That can be an advantage for
over time-consuming parts of
“Manual pipetting is a large
burdensome manual pipetting
those laboratories, which have
the workflow, thereby freeing
part of liquid handling in a
tasks. Unlike other lab robots,
not previously been able to
up time for other tasks. Not
laboratory. That means repet-
the flowbot ONE does not re-
automate its tasks because
just in pharmaceutical and
itive work for hours and hours,
quire programming skills and
things change all the time,”
biotech companies, but also in
often in a fixed position, and
can be used by anyone.
says Rossmeisl.
research institutions.
cians experience pain several times a week. And this is just laboratory technicians. Add to that the medical laboratory technologists.
the result is strain to especial-
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Time saving