Opentrons is an
open source
Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...
liquid handling robot
A liquid handling robot is used to automate workflows in life science laboratories. It is a robot that dispenses a selected quantity of reagent, samples or other liquid to a designated container.
Introduction
Liquid handling plays a pivo ...
and can be used by life scientists to manipulate small volumes of liquids for the purpose of undertaking biochemical reactions. The instrument is used primarily by researchers and scientists interested in
DIY biology
Do-it-yourself biology (DIY biology, DIY bio) is a growing biotechnological
Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular ...
but is increasingly being used by other biologists.
They are produced by Opentrons Labworks.
Products
* OT-1: The OpenTrons OT-1 was the result of a crowd funding campaign on the
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
platform and was released in 2015 for $2,000.
The release of the OT-1 marked the first commercial open source liquid handling robot in the life science industry.
* OT-2: The OpenTrons OT-2 was released in 2018 and has seen utilization as one of the open source tools that researchers are leveraging in the fight against
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
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References
Laboratory robots
Open-source robots