福恩:一个开放硬件异步调度中心,用于高通量液体处理工作流程
Yueyang Gao1, Jacob Danks1, Simon Dawes2
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UK.
HardwareX
|February 18, 2026
概括
一个名为Foehn的新系统使实验室机器人能够同时执行多个任务,克服了高通量实验的局限性. 这种异步调度枢纽提高了自动化研究工作流程的可扩展性和效率.
科学领域:
- 自动化和机器人技术
- 实验室科学 实验室科学
- 生物技术是生物技术.
背景情况:
- 高通量实验需要先进的实验室自动化.
- 液体处理机器人至关重要,但受到连续操作的限制,阻碍了可扩展性.
- 现有的系统缺乏对多个实验模块进行有效的并发控制.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个异步调度枢纽系统,Foehn,用于同时控制实验室自动化模块.
- 解决液体处理机器人工作流程中的可扩展性瓶问题.
- 创建一个灵活,成本效益高,开源的控制架构.
主要方法:
- 使用开源Arduino硬件和Python GUI开发的Foehn.
- 通过标准化的串行协议实现异步,多线程操作.
- 集成液体处理机器人带有外围模块 (,机).
主要成果:
- 福恩证明了稳定的输出电压和87.6%的脉冲宽度调制控制效率.
- 成功执行了并发的抽和,同时进行管管和实验室用品移动.
- 在硬件层上展示了出色的同步和运行稳定性.
结论:
- 福恩系统为高通量自动化提供了一个可扩展的基础.
- 它的模块化,开源设计提高了灵活性,降低了成本.
- 福恩具有强大的潜力,可以加速化学,生物学和材料科学领域的研究.
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