Figure 1 Robotic pendant drop for fully-automated light scattering. (IMAGE)

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Figure 1 Robotic pendant drop for fully-automated light scattering.

Caption

(a) SA-XPCS measurement on the pendant drop setup at Beamline 8-ID-I, Advanced Photon Source. The inset on the left shows the comparison of the XPCS results from the pendant drop and the reference setups, and the inset on the right shows a zoom-in optical image of the drop hanging from the pipette tip during the measurement. The red laser is used for coarse aligning of the x-ray beam in the vertical direction. (b) ‘Digital Twin’ of the robotic pendant drop setup in Nvidia Isaac simulation, where the electronic pipette is docked on the mounting plate for x-ray measurements. The red lines and arrows indicate the incoming and scattered x-ray beams. The items labeled in the figure are: 1. Robotic arm; 2. Electronic pipette; 3. Mounting plates; 4. Robotic tool changer; 5. Reflective mirror with 1 mm diameter x-ray passthrough; 6. Optical microscope and camera system; 7. Sample preparation station with PCR plates and pipette tips. (c) The robotic pendant drop setup in the adjacent chemical laboratory of the Beamline 8-ID-I, where the electronic pipette is shown picking up a fresh pipette tip for liquid handling. The inset on the top right shows the suspended pendant drop captured by the inline optical system.

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by Qingteng Zhang

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