公开(公告)号：US20240293929A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18590590

申请日：2024-02-28

Applicant: HIGHRES BIOSOLUTIONS, INC.

Inventor： Raj Ranade ,  Ian Locke ,  Nigel Cochran ,  Allie Rishmany ,  Tyler Dendas ,  Ulysses GILCHRIST

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02

CPC classification number: B25J9/0081 ,  B25J9/0009 ,  B25J9/1669 ,  B25J19/027

Abstract: An automatic teaching system for an automated laboratory, the automatic teaching system comprising, a frame having a specimen holder station, a robot transport mounted to the frame and having a drive with at least one degree of freedom and a movable end effector for action with a specimen holder, wherein at least one of the specimen holder station and the movable end effector have a reference base, an electromagnetic distance sensor connected to the movable end effector in a predetermined location on at least one of the robot transport and the specimen holder station relative to the reference base, a fixture with a predetermined geometric pattern formed of discriminant features, variant in at least two dimensions, characterizing the predetermined geometric pattern and registrable by the electromagnetic distance sensor and, a controller operably coupled to the robot transport and communicably connected to the electromagnetic distance sensor to register sensor signals embodying distances.