Clinical Laboratory Robots | Robotic Lab Automation

Yaskawa Motoman offers automation solutions for labor-intensive, high throughput areas of the clinical diagnostic lab. Standalone workcells provide "task-targeted" process automation, while integrated systems with a specimen transport conveyor process each specimen as needed to complete the full pre-analytic sequence. Ready-to-load specimen racks are delivered to the diagnostic instruments. Following completion of the analytic sequence, specimens may be recapped, logged and racked for archive storage.

Robots for Laboratory Testing & Processing

Let Yaskawa Motoman's laboratory automation team step through your current up- and down-stream processes with you to identify your pain points and uncover opportunities to improve speed, capacity and accuracy with automation. From there, we will propose a custom solution for your facility capable of:

Managing workflow of specimens through the pre- and post-analytic sequence
Integrating components of the automation system (sorting, conveyance, decapping, CSS, etc.)
Connecting to the LIS to exchange specimen processing data and history
Configurating to accommodate volume increases, workflow changes and additional process equipment

Future-Proof your System Investment

Yaskawa Motoman's track-based process automation solutions are scalable and can easily evolve to add/change processes, throughput and configuration as business needs change. The integrated system, connected by a specimen transport conveyor, manages the workflow of over 6,000 specimens per hour.

Systems are highly configurable to accommodate a variety of workflows, including:

Check-In / Check-Out

1,200 tubes per hour

The AutoSorter™ 1200 receives input from racks or conveyors. Reads barcode and sorts to target racks. Logs and consolidates post-analytic specimens for archive.

Container Scanning System

900 tubes per hour

Captures image to identify specimen or analyze label contents. Cap color, tube type, data matrix codes and text may be analyzed to determine the specimen processing sequence.

Aliquoter

360 daughter tubes per hour
Produces labeled daughter tubes, each with volume as instructed by the LIS. Automatically detects clots and QNS. Accepts a wide range of parent tube configurations.

Decapper

600 tubes per hour
Removes rubber stopper and threaded caps from most common tube sizes. Container is isolated from other tubes during decap process to protect against cross contamination.

Bulk Loader

1,000 tubes per hour
Tubes are hopper loaded, singulated and oriented. Barcode is read before placing tube in puck and linking to RFID.

Recapper

1,000 tubes per hour
Closes post-analytic tubes and aliquot parent/daughter tubes with a plastic insert that may be removed manually or automatically. Many sizes and styles of tubes may be capped.

Centrifuge

300 daughter tubes per hour
Loads tubes from track into centrifuge racks; exchanges racks at completion of centrifuge cycle; unloads spun tubes from centrifuge rack onto track.

Custom Process Solutions

Life+Science+Mayo+Line3.final.png Yaskawa Motoman offers extensive process engineering and development capabilities to address unique specimen processing and other clinical lab workflow needs. Solutions include: thaw and mix, relabeling, kitting, instrument connectivity, IT solutions and custom rack development.

Benefit from our experience in designing lab automation systems for some of the world's top clinical labs and schedule a consultation today.

Benchtop Solutions for Automated Sorting and Archiving

Yaskawa is the U.S. representative for Aim Lab Automation Technologies sorters and archivers. When your lab’s requirements do not reach the volume and complexity typical of large commercial labs, Yaskawa now offers a range of benchtop instruments to perform sample receiving, sorting, reformatting, foil sealing and archiving, including:

PathFinder 350A Archiver - a compact benchtop robotic workstation designed for post analytical management of sample tubes (either open top or capped). It is used for automating the capping, sorting and archiving of sample tubes into storage racks.
PathFinder 350D Decapper Sorter - a compact benchtop robotic workstation designed for pre-analytical management of incoming sample collection tubes, consisting of a sorter module coupled together with a decapper module. It is used for automating the decapping and sorting of sample tubes into different destination racks. The PathFinder 350D Plus is available for larger deck requirements.
PathFinder 450S Sorter - a compact benchtop workstation that registers and sorts presented specimen tubes into a number of different destination sample racks based on user defined rules. It can be used to automate any manual task in the laboratory where a decision needs to be made regarding the routing of a tube for testing or storage.