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Designed a SGA robot used in functional

                                   genomics and phenomics research

A leading research institute invited me to liaise with the research team to design and manufacture a highly bespoke Synthetic Genetic Array robot that will be used in functional genomics and phenomics research. The robot is used to clone yeast colonies eliminating human error assuring repeatable re-arraying of yeast colonies which is crucial for later result evaluation.

The cartesian design robot fulfils all speed and acceleration requirements and proves to have a good ratio between a maximum and used working space, resulting in a small footprint.

A complex positioning algorithm consisting of a simple pick-and-place routine and a rather complex destination vectors used to improve the utilisation of agar substrate was implemented in S7-1200 PLC with a separate Motion Technology module. The HMI is used to monitor operations and enter user data.