Robot-based laboratory automation at CELISCA
The Center for Life Science Automation (CELISCA) at the University of Rostock and Yaskawa have agreed to continue their cooperation in the development of robot-based solutions for laboratory automation. As one of the first European users ever, the institution will also employ a robot model of the new Motoman HD series, specially developed for life science applications.
- Industries
- Life Sciences
- Applications
- Material Handling
- Client
- CELISCA / University of Rostock
- Products
- HD Series
- CSDA10F - SDA Series
Since 2015, the Center for Life Science Automation (CELISCA) of the University of Rostock has been using a MOTOMAN CSDA10F dual-arm robot with a load capacity of 10 kg and a range of 895 mm (per arm). Yaskawa had presented the robot in Europe a year earlier, in 2014, and provided CELISCA with a unit as a permanent loan. Numerous research projects and scientific publications on the topic of robot-based laboratory automation have since resulted from this cooperation.
“As a research institute, we need a flexible system for many applications in the laboratory, with a certain load capacity,” explained Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kerstin Thurow, Chair of Automation Technology / Life Science Automation and CEO of CELISCA, in justification of the decision in favour of this model. In the meantime, however, robotics has naturally evolved, says Thurow.