Tecan Trading Ag

Ronan Leboudec

Ciro Miniaci

Maximilian Stiefel

Werner HÄLG

A method for generating a control program for a laboratory automation device includes receiving configuration data of the laboratory automation device, generating a three-dimensional model of the components of the laboratory automation device from the configuration data, the three-dimensional model additionally including a virtual pipette; displaying the three-dimensional model with a virtual reality headset; receiving movement data of a motion sensing controller controlled by a user wearing the virtual reality headset, the movement data indicating a three-dimensional movement of the motion sensing controller in space; determining a movement of the virtual pipette in the three-dimensional model from the movement data and updating the three-dimensional model according to the movement of the virtual pipette; and generating a control program for the laboratory automation device from the movement data.

Virtual pipetting

A method for generating a control program for a laboratory automation device includes: receiving video data displaying a work area of a laboratory assistant, the work area containing a hand-held pipette and containers for receiving a liquid; detecting openings of the containers in the video data and determining positions of the openings; detecting a pipette tip of the hand-held pipette in the video data and determining a movement of the tip; and generating the control program for the laboratory automation device from the movement of the pipette tip with respect to the positions of the openings, wherein the control program is adapted for moving a pipetting arm with a robot pipette of the laboratory automation device with respect to containers of the laboratory automation device accordingly to the movement of the hand-held pipette in the work area.

Laboratory automation device control program generation with object detection

A method for generating a control program () for a laboratory automation device () comprises: receiving configuration data () of the laboratory automation device (), the configuration data () encoding positions of components () in the laboratory automation device (); generating a three-dimensional model () of the components () of the laboratory automation device () from the configuration data (), the three-dimensional model () additionally including a virtual pipette (); displaying the three-dimensional model () with a virtual reality headset (); receiving movement data () of a motion sensing controller () controlled by a user wearing the virtual reality headset (), the movement data () indicating a three-dimensional movement of the motion sensing controller () in space; determining a movement of the virtual pipette () from the movement data () in the three-dimensional model () and updating the three-dimensional model () according to the movement of the virtual pipette (); and generating a control program () for the laboratory automation device () from the movement data (), wherein the control program () is adapted for moving a pipetting arm () with a pipette () of the laboratory automation device () with respect to the components () accordingly to the movement of the virtual pipette () in the three-dimensional model ().

A laboratory automation device (10) includes a plurality of device components (14, 16), which are controlled by digital control commands (26). The digital control commands (26) are generated by a controller (20) of the laboratory automation device (10) from assay definition data (38) defining an assay procedure for the laboratory automation device (10).

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