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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Achim Sinz, Waiblingen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/487 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01); B65G 54/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/4875 (2013.01); B65G 54/02 (2013.01); F16K 31/004 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0406 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0477 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0494 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of setting a handover position of a gripping device at a laboratory automation system is presented. A position of a position determining device held by the gripping device is detected using position sensors in order to determine the handover position. A laboratory automation system configured to perform such a method is also presented.