IGF::OT::IGF Fully Adaptive and Autonomous Drone for Laboratory Automation Projects

承包商将设计和建造一个全自动化、自给自足的无人机平台，以在 实验室环境-特别是通过机器人装卸的高通量筛选(HTS) 生物研究实验室里的微孔板。这样的平台有可能比传统平台更具吸引力 在室内物流领域的机器人，因为它们可以被改装成关于以下方面的无限可配置 路点；可以远距离运输材料；与传统机器人不同，不会对REAL产生负面影响 实验室的财产封套或要求重新安排实验室内的设备。承包商将使用 商业上可用的组件，并将它们与创新的机械、传感器、软件相结合 和驱动解决方案。由此产生的平台将允许完全自主操作，只需最少的操作员干预 要求，但在材料移动方面提供高精度、低故障率、易于使用的软件驱动 接口，以及高度的安全性，允许无人机在生物实验室内进行操作 人类和其他杂物。无人机平台将在很大程度上消除对劳动密集型重复物流的需求 并在生物实验室部门内提供极具吸引力的生产力提升。

Contractor will design and build a fully automated, self-contained drone platform to enable repetitive tasks in a laboratory environment - specifically, High throughput Screening (HTS) by robotic loading and unloading of microplates in a bio-research laboratory. Such a platform has the potential to be far more attractive than traditional robots in the realm of indoor logistics because they can be adapted to be infinitely configurable with respect to waypoints; can transport material over long distances; and unlike traditional robots, do not adversely impact the real estate envelope of the laboratory or require rearrangement of equipment in a laboratory. Contractor will use commercially available components to a large extent, and combine them with innovative mechanics, sensor, software and actuation solutions. The resulting platform will allow fully autonomous operation with minimal operator intervention requirements, and yet provide high accuracy in material movement, low failure rates, easy to use software driven interfaces, and a high degree of safety to allow the drones to operate within the bio-laboratory in the presences of humans and other bstacles. The drone platform will largely eliminate the need for labor intensive repetitive logistics operations and also provide attractive productivity enhancements within the bio-laboratory sector.