All of Asti’s former products and technology are now part of the ABB portfolio. Until a little over a year ago she was CEO of Asti Mobile Robotics, a Spanish company that had developed its own range of AMRs and which was then acquired by the Swiss-based multinational. Pascual Boé is global head of AMR business for ABB Robotics. As Veronica Pascual Boé explains they are changing from something that might once have been described as an automated guided vehicle (AGV) to what is now termed an autonomous mobile robot (AMR). These vehicles are developing beyond just electric trucks or trollies used to transport parts and increasingly vehicle assemblies around manufacturing plants. AMS Automotive Evolution Summit On-Demand.This is ABB Robotics’ latest project in the lab automation market, which is seeing significant growth with a revenue of USD 5.1 billion in 2022 expected to rise to USD 7.1 billion in 2028. AMRs equipped with GoFa cobots transfer samples automatically between workstations, increasing efficiency while further reducing costs.Įquipped with a GoFa cobot and four rotating columns, automated sample warehouses provide compact and efficient storage and retrieval for laboratory reagents, making the process more efficient and entirely traceable. The GoFa cobots are used by XtalPi Intelligent Automation to develop preparation workstations, diluting and filtration workstations, reaction workstations, UPLC testing workstations, glovebox workstations, sample warehouses, and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) to make lab research and development faster and more efficient.Įach automated workstation can perform hundreds of different experiments, with ABB’s GoFa cobots operating in a range of challenging environments, including glove boxes – with no moisture or oxygen– while performing intricate tasks such as opening lids and the placement of lab equipment, liquid handling, sample addition, filtration, dilution, magnetic stirring, rapid sampling and UPLC testing, with minimal supervision required. The large volumes of high-quality data generated will help to boost the efficiency of the Design-Make-Test-Analyze research cycle and provide a solid foundation for driving AI for science. ABB’s GoFa cobots take on repetitive, manual tasks, while also working non-stop, accelerating the pace of experimentation. The automated laboratory workstations can be customized to meet specific requirements, using different modules to complete various experiment steps. Together with ABB Robotics, XtalPi Intelligent Automation is using GoFa™ cobots to automate the synthesis and crystallization processes involved in developing new drugs and materials for its target industries. This year, XtalPi officially launched the automation-centric brand XtalPi Intelligent Automation with the purpose of aiding researchers through automation equipment. In 2022, the AI tech company bought over 100 GoFa cobots to create automated laboratory workstations at its testing facility in Shanghai, China. XtalPi is dedicated to driving intelligent and digital transformation in the life science and new materials in the chemicals industry. The new, automated laboratories will boost the productivity of R&D processes in biopharmaceuticals, chemical engineering and chemistry, and new energy materials. ABB Robotics and XtalPi have entered a strategic partnership to produce a range of automated laboratory workstations in China.
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