Biosero Inc.

William Berg

Jonathan David Dambman

Prabhakar Henry

Corey McCoy

Andrew St Yves

Lloyd A Corkan

An approach for fully automating the use of robotic devices in a laboratory workflow includes defining sequences for automating tasks and equipment involved in such a workflow, and calculating a path for each sequence that resolves get, handoff, and placement procedures. The approach develops a schedule that executes resolved pathways in and between each device. The approach is provided with an easy-to-use interface, in which a user drags and drops devices to automatically configure them, defines operations to be performed by these devices, and then runs the laboratory workflow. The interface also provides the ability to monitor progress of the workflow, and make modifications and adjustments as needed.

Automated control of multi-process using robotic equipment for complex workflows

A software framework for implementation in the performance of automated robotic workflows imparts a hierarchical communications command structure, utilizing an actor-based model to run driver software isolated from scheduling software, by instantiating a message-based abstraction layer that acts as an intermediary between the scheduling software and the third-party driver software. The actor-based model is used within the message-based abstraction layer to isolate the third-party software controlling third party instruments from scheduling software, where such scheduling software and third-party instruments are operating on a common computing platform. This framework prevents scheduling applications from entering an error state, or crashing, where the third-party software component also crashes, and allows the scheduling software to restart the third-party software to continue with the processes controlled by the scheduling software, without interruption to the automated workflow environment.

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Warner Robins, GA, United States of America

William Berg