The Agilent direct drive robot from Agilent Automation Solutions has been designed for applications such as drug target discovery, where reducing cycle times means drugs travelling to market faster.
The company has produced a video that shows the speed, precision and safety benefits of direct drive robot (DDR) - the video can be viewed at the company's website.
Direct drive technology is said to reduce the number of moving parts, resulting in a robotic arm that has increased reliability and speed, moving smoothly with precision and accuracy.
One-person, one-touch teaching makes the DDR easy to configure to the user's application, minimising set-up personnel and time, according to Agilent.
The DDR uses configurable Z-travel technology to enable greater stacking of instruments and more functionality in a smaller footprint.
In addition, Agilent said the DDR provides a 100 per cent customisable automation solution that integrates with almost any third-party instrument.
The DDR is claimed to advance target identification and high-throughput screening for drug discovery research and can also be used in genomics applications, including DNA extraction and PCR sample preparation.
