scholarly journals Review of process robotization solutions for improving process control

Author(s):  
A. I. Levina ◽  
R. V. Nikitin

The article substantiates the opportunity of increasing business process efficiency due to the solutions in the industry of robotization. These solutions are described as the alternative for the classic automatization (transfer of business task to specialized software). Technical abilities and feature of this technology are described. This technology allows to automate standard user activities performed in the Graphical User Interface. This issue describes prerequisites to the development of this technology such as the needs of rest and breaks, mistakes caused by tiredness and lack of concentration, low productivity and so on. Technical aspects of this type of products like architecture and requirements to software and hardware are also described in the article. Special attention is paid to the existing solution in the industry, three biggest vendors (Automation Anywhere, UiPath, BluePrism) are described with their products. The article describes main parts of these platforms, main requirements and scopes of application. In the conclusion of the article author briefly describes future perspectives of RPA technology.

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Baillargeon ◽  
Kervin Coss-Flores ◽  
Fakhar Singhera ◽  
Justin Shumate ◽  
Hannah Williams ◽  
...  

Microplates are an essential tool used in laboratories for storing research materials and performing assays. Many types of laboratory automation exist that greatly reduce the effort needed to utilize microplates; however, there are cases where the use of such automation is not feasible or practical. In these instances, researchers must work in an environment where liquid handling operations are performed manually with handheld pipetting devices. This type of work is tedious and error-prone as it relies on researchers to manually track a significant amount of metadata, including transfer volumes, plate barcodes, well contents, and well locations. To address this challenge, we have developed an open-source, semiautomated benchtop system that facilitates manual pipetting using visual indicators. This device streamlines the process of identifying the location of wells so that the researcher can perform manual transfers in a more efficient, reliable, and accurate manner. This system utilizes a graphical user interface that allows the user to load worklists and then issues commands to illuminate wells of interest, providing a visual indicator for users to follow in real time. The software and hardware tools utilized for development, along with the implementation techniques used to produce this system, are described within.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Morales-Menendez ◽  
Tomas Lopez ◽  
Ricardo Ramirez Medoza ◽  
Luis E Garza

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