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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Yukio Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Kobe, JP;
Eiji Mitsui, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Hiroya Kirimura, Kobe, JP;
Yukihiko Kitano, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A dispensing robot of an assay robot system includes a first contact surface oriented in a downward direction or an obliquely downward direction in a vertical direction and dispenses when the dispensing robot operates a pipette that allows a tip to be attached to a lower end of the pipette and the attached tip to be detached by pressing a tip ejector, the dispensing robot comprising: a robot arm having a hand to hold a pipette holding piece attached thereto; and a controller controls the robot arm such that the robot arm holds the pipette with the tip attached thereto by causing the hand to hold the pipette holding piece and that the robot arm is elevated and the tip ejector is pressed by bringing an upper end portion of the tip ejector of the held pipette into contact with the first contact surface from the downward direction.