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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2024
Highres Biosolutions, Inc., Beverly, MA (US);
Raj Ranade, Reading, MA (US);
Ian Locke, Methuen, MA (US);
Nigel Cochran, Stoneham, MA (US);
Allie Rishmany, Beverly, MA (US);
Tyler Dendas, Beverly, MA (US);
Ulysses Gilchrist, Reading, MA (US);
HIGHRES BIOSOLUTIONS, INC., Beverly, MA (US);
Abstract
An automatic teaching system for an automated laboratory, the automatic teaching system comprising, a frame having a specimen holder station, a robot transport mounted to the frame and having a drive with at least one degree of freedom and a movable end effector for action with a specimen holder, wherein at least one of the specimen holder station and the movable end effector have a reference base, an electromagnetic distance sensor connected to the movable end effector in a predetermined location on at least one of the robot transport and the specimen holder station relative to the reference base, a fixture with a predetermined geometric pattern formed of discriminant features, variant in at least two dimensions, characterizing the predetermined geometric pattern and registrable by the electromagnetic distance sensor and, a controller operably coupled to the robot transport and communicably connected to the electromagnetic distance sensor to register sensor signals embodying distances.