Integration of image analysis and robotics into a fully automated colony picking and plate handling system
- 11 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 20 (17) , 4599-4606
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/20.17.4599
Abstract
We describe here the integration of image analysis and robotics to produce a fully automated colony picking/plate handling system. Biological tests were performed to verify its performance in terms of sterilisation and accuracy of picking. The machine was then used by a single operative to pick a 36,000 clone cDNA library in ≈42 hrs over 5 days.Keywords
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