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Leland Stanford's horse farm was more like an experimental engine lab, and his "Palo Alto System" set the Valley's course. An excerpt from the new book PALO ALTO: A HISTORY OF CALI…

awesome! excited to work with you!

sorry if my answer is confusing. the short answer is: yes, there will be more (and more in-depth) open-source documentation of OT-2 than with OT-One, and not just limited to dumpin…

yes, we love smoothieware! it's existence is one of the main reasons we're able to offer this tech at such an unheard-of low price. we've forked it (available here: https://github.…

hey, thanks! to answer your questions: 1 - yes, our python API can still be your main tool for creating protocols, no one needs to use the GUI if they dont want to. In fact, OT-2 r…

totally agree. lowering that "activation energy" is one of the main focuses of our UX design team, and making sure that the machine doesn't break at the smallest bump is a core par…

Thanks! Through user research we learned that most labs dont have robots today because 1. they are too expensive and 2. they dont have space in their lab for the huge machines curr…

This is exactly the pain we are trying to help in the lab -- your story is all too common! It is crazy to me that we are the first lab automation company to bring best practices of…

Thanks Jay! :)

Thank you! Would love to work with you! We are already shipping OT-2 robots, and right now with the amount of demand we have there is a 6 week lead time (though it is increasing fa…

yes, we will be open-sourcing the hardware, though not in quite the same way as with the OT-One. All the OT-One parts are off the shelf, 3D printed, or laser-cut, so putting all th…

And we're hiring! Come work at the company democratizing sophisticated biotech tools with open-source lab robots https://opentrons.com/jobs

We've designed the API to be an easy step into programming and automation for any bench scientist. Our API makes your code read like a protocol written in your lab notebook, but yo…

woops -- should say 'most of our users do NOT already have liquid handling robots...' sorry

Our main competition really isnt those other robots, its people working by hand. Our user experience and the size, shape, feel of our robot on the bench is just totally different t…

Hi - our robot is great for your application. Send me an email info@opentrons.com and we can talk more about it. We have talked to a number of people interested in the same thing.

Thanks for taking a look at our stuff and taking the time to comment. As I said below, we have shipped 51 robots so far and most are in daily use by the academic research labs and …

appreciate the input -- what elements are not working on your iPad?

No, we are not competing with Hamilton, Tecan, Cybio, or any of the other companies currently making big lab robots. i think of robots like the Hamilton Star as 'mainframe' machine…

Happy to talk to anyone about our robot! Currently have 51 machines in labs around the world doing things from serial dilutions to Gibson assembly and shipping more every week. Ema…