Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab experiments with robotics

Re:Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab expe... by skosuri on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @02:36PM (#16691470)

Congrats! I want a OT-2! When does it ship? Also, when's the 96-well plate head coming?

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Re:Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab expe... by willcanine on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:49PM (#16692120)

Thank you! Would love to work with you! We are already shipping OT-2 robots, and right now with the amount of demand we have there is a 6 week lead time (though it is increasing fast).

The 96-well head wont be an addition to this robot because it would make it too top heavy and risk tipping it over -- best we can fit on this guy is the 8-channel pipette already available. We'll start considering things like a 96-well head when we decide to move up-market and start making bigger robots, but for now we are very happy to be making lab robots accessible to labs with smaller budgets that today have to do all their pipetting by hand.

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Re:Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab expe... by skosuri on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:25PM (#16693354)

OK. Will put in an order soon. Sri

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Re:Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab expe... by willcanine on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @12:13PM (#16698957)

awesome! excited to work with you!

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Re:Opentrons raises $10M for scientists to automate lab expe... by skosuri on Friday March 30, 2018 @03:40PM (#16719174)

Order #: 1304 It's for a stealth newco that we just started. Looking forward to playing!

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