Applications of robotics within the clinical laboratory

The implementation of a robotic workstation within the clinical laboratory involves considerations and compromises common to any instrument design and development activity. The trade-off between speed and adaptability not only affects the way the instrument interacts with human operators and other devices (the ‘real-world interface’), but also places limitations on the difference of chemistries to the given instrument. Mechanical optimization for speed and reproducibility places restrictions on the imprecision of consumables. Attempts to adapt a robot to a constrained system may entail compromises that either degrades the theoretically-attainable quality of results, or requires human interaction to catch up on physical or mechanical limitations. The potential advantages and problems of introducing robots into clinical laboratories are identified and therefore the specification of an appropriate robot is developed. None of the commercially available robots meets all aspects of the specification, and currently the acquisition of a robot is taken into account premature for many clinical laboratories.

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