Set up originally with a microplate reader, a cooled deck tray, an external heat exchanger for the cooling system, microplate handler, several disposable tip racks and pipetting positions, PCR block and a mag bead station.  It is setup for disposable tips, but can be converted to washable needles.  The robot was originally setup to run the Affymetrix T7 application.

TheOnyx laboratory robot offers a universal automation solution for manual laboratory tasks in the handling of biological processes.

It was especially developed for genomic applications, in other words, for assisting in research work designed to gain information regarding genomes of single or multi-cellular organisms. Its area of application includes molecular biological laboratories, where it assumes the task of liquid handling between individual stations as well as actual processing.

Extensive manual laboratory work is very cost-intensive and can only be carried out by qualified laboratory personnel. TheOnyx offers significant savings potential, as it is also able to function fully automatically in night mode.

The robot software has been especially developed to be closely oriented towards customer needs. The customer is able to obtain exactly the level of expertise he or she wishes to have at special training seminars. This status ranges from elementary user protocols through to self-programming of applications.

An additional product advantage is the pump mechanism for dosing liquids. TheOnyx has an individual micro-pump for every pipette tip which works on the principle of positive displacement. This means that volumes can be changed extremely flexibly. The tips can also me moved independently of each other.


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