Computing/Robotics: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:54, 27 July 2009

Various biology tasks can be handled by liquid-handling or tray-handling robots. The following robotic systems are used in some labs:

Tecan: uses a graphical user interface called Gemini to create scripts which are called Gemini Scripts (*.gem files). The Gemini application runs on Microsoft Windows, however it also provides a method for external applications to send text-string robot commands to control all aspects of the robot. The Gemini application can also call external programs while running a script.
- Jonathan Cline has created some scripts in Perl which command the Tecan robot directly.
- There is a Yahoo! Groups mailing list called "TecanProgramming" which has various Tecan discussion, and some Visual Basic example software for controlling the robot directly.

Biomek: Uses a graphical user interface to create scripts. The script language is called Bioscript.

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 *[[Tecan]]:  uses a graphical user interface called Gemini to create scripts which are called Gemini Scripts (*.gem files).  The Gemini application runs on Microsoft Windows, however it also provides a method for external applications to send text-string robot commands to control all aspects of the robot.  The Gemini application can also call external programs while running a script.
-** '''[[User:Jonathan Cline|jcline@ieee.org]] 22:53, 27 July 2009 (EDT)''' has created some scripts in Perl which command the Tecan robot directly.
+** '''[[User:Jonathan Cline|Jonathan Cline]]''' has created some scripts in Perl which command the Tecan robot directly.
 ** There is a Yahoo! Groups mailing list called "TecanProgramming" which has various Tecan discussion, and some Visual Basic example software for controlling the robot directly.