LH001

Hardware

liquid handling robot

SHOW HN2011

18points
15comments
#534of 1,097 in 2011
Top 49%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.

Idea: 4 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Impressive and neat project

    From 2 comments
    • Hi I'm a postdoc in biology and just stumbled across this as I was thinking of ways to use electronics to help automate things in the lab. This is very neat and impressive, keep…
      Combo on HN
    • This looks interesting. Do you want to sell these?
      revorad on HN
  • Could be used for crystallography, cell culture or immunocytochemistry with added features

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool project. Some future features you may want to think about: -If you add imaging it could be used for high-throughput crystallography. -If you can control position of the…
      polyfractal on HN

Objections

  • Unclear what it does from the video and docs

    From 1 comment
    • I've watched the video and read the description on github... I still can't understand what does it do. Does it have something to do with this :…
      Khao on HN
  • Unclear what it offers beyond existing liquid handlers

    From 1 comment
    • I'm not really a lab person (or I haven't been for years now), but doesn't stuff like this already exist? What does this have that the current technology does not? This is…
      buckwild on HN
  • Speed asked about accuracy

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Show it running in action

    From 2 comments
    • It's the easy squirt oven! Is there a vid of this thing doing its duty? I'd love to see how it works!
      nickpinkston on HN
    • Hi I'm a postdoc in biology and just stumbled across this as I was thinking of ways to use electronics to help automate things in the lab. This is very neat and impressive, keep…
      Combo on HN
  • Add imaging

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool project. Some future features you may want to think about: -If you add imaging it could be used for high-throughput crystallography. -If you can control position of the…
      polyfractal on HN
  • Tips for building a 96-well plate auto-washer

    From 1 comment
    • Hi I'm a postdoc in biology and just stumbled across this as I was thinking of ways to use electronics to help automate things in the lab. This is very neat and impressive, keep…
      Combo on HN

Questions

  • What is the maker's background

    From 1 comment
    • Hi I'm a postdoc in biology and just stumbled across this as I was thinking of ways to use electronics to help automate things in the lab. This is very neat and impressive, keep…
      Combo on HN
  • Is it accurate as well as fast

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • BioTek liquid handler

    From 1 comment
    • buckwild you're aboslutely right this problem IS solved.. however not at any price NEAR what this costs ... this one came in around $600 where the BIOTEK liquid handler i based…
      delinquentme on HN

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