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Re:OpenTrons: Open Source Robotic Liquid Handling by MCRed on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:04PM (#10932009)
I'm interested in something like this, but for a different application.

I want to mix up stuff like beard oil or vape juice. Interested in delivering between 0.1ml and 10ml of solution (Eg: 0.1ml of 100mg/ml nicotine, 10ml or vegetable glycerine, or 0.5ml of an essential oil, 10ml of hemp seed oil.)

I never could find a reliable way to deliver small amounts of fluid repeatedly.

In this type of work its the same fluid going to each place so you don't have contamination. I would to produce an arbitrary mix from, say, 40 containers of different fluids.

Would love any suggestions.

I looked at peristaltic pumps and all that, never could find a cost effective solution--- closest I came was syringes attached to linear actuators, and maybe an optical system to observe the position of the syringe to ensure it was the correct distance. OR possibly a squeezing assembly with disposable plastic pipettes, but that seemed imprecise.

I put the idea on the back burner as a result.

Re:OpenTrons: Open Source Robotic Liquid Handling by willcanine on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:33PM (#10932255)
Hi - our robot is great for your application. Send me an email [email protected] and we can talk more about it. We have talked to a number of people interested in the same thing.