Key Features of the AID EliSpot Robot

• reads 30 plates in 90 minutes
• hands-off, walk-away system
• automatic barcode recognition
• integrated system, not a reader/stacker solution
• operates in a two-computer set-up for secure data acquisition
• fully validated (21CFRpart11), audit trail

Technical specifications:

Robot unit (~HR)

• Compact: app. 60 x 50 x 35cm (l x w x h)
• Digital firewire camera, color, 656x494 or 1392x1040 CCD Chip
  (Digital cameras work without grabber cards; they are much faster and the images have better signal-to-noise characteristics. A digital camera will perform better than a video camera of nominally higher resolution. FireWire is a transfer system not unlike USB but much faster.)
• QuadPack 3- axis precision stage
• Long-life LED illumination
• Propietary macro-objective
• Integrated barcode reader
• 3 separate loading stations

2 computer/control units

• Intel Core 2, 4096 MByte RAM
• 2x300 Gigabyte HardDisk
• Monitor: TFT 20”
• High-quality colour photo printer
• MS Windows 2000/XP
• Data storage in separate computer with direct connection to network. CD-RW or optional 3,5” magneto-optical (MO) drive with 640 MB capacity. DVD-RW on demand.

Software

• Microsoft Office 2000/XP
• AID EliSpot Software
• AID EliStat statistics module
• Handbook
• Master plate on demand