ABB Robotics Partners with XtalPi to Build Intelligent Automated Laboratories
ABB機(jī)器人與晶泰合作建立智能自動(dòng)化實(shí)驗(yàn)室

ABB Robotics and XtalPi have entered a strategic partnership to produce a range of automated laboratory workstations in China. The new, automated laboratories will boost the productivity of R&D processes in biopharmaceuticals, chemical engineering and chemistry, and new energy materials.

ABB機(jī)器人與晶泰建立戰(zhàn)略合作伙伴關(guān)系，在中國(guó)生產(chǎn)一系列自動(dòng)化實(shí)驗(yàn)室工作站。新的自動(dòng)化實(shí)驗(yàn)室將提高生物制藥、化學(xué)化工以及新能源材料領(lǐng)域研發(fā)流程的生產(chǎn)力。

“Our collaboration with XtalPi marks another milestone for ABB’s collaborative robots in the life sciences sector,” said Jose-Manuel Collados, manager of Service Robotics Product Line at ABB Robotics. “ABB Robotics and XtalPi will radically advance lab research and development through automation that works side-by-side with people. By enabling pharma and biotech companies to develop new drugs faster and with less cost, ABB is helping to further research into disease prevention, creating healthier societies. Our new Open Innovation Lab for Life Science and Healthcare in Zhangjiang, Shanghai complements our work at our Life Sciences and Healthcare Lab at the Texas Medical Center Campus in Houston.”

ABB機(jī)器人服務(wù)機(jī)器人產(chǎn)品線經(jīng)理Jose-Manuel Collados表示：“我們與晶泰的合作是ABB協(xié)作機(jī)器人在生命科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的又一個(gè)里程碑。ABB機(jī)器人和晶泰將通過(guò)與人類并肩工作的自動(dòng)化從根本上推進(jìn)實(shí)驗(yàn)室研究和開(kāi)發(fā)。通過(guò)幫助制藥和生物技術(shù)公司更快、更低成本地開(kāi)發(fā)新藥，ABB正在幫助進(jìn)一步研究疾病預(yù)防，創(chuàng)造更健康的社會(huì)。我們?cè)谏虾埥陆ǖ纳茖W(xué)和醫(yī)療保健開(kāi)放創(chuàng)新實(shí)驗(yàn)室補(bǔ)充了我們?cè)谛菟诡D德克薩斯醫(yī)學(xué)中心園區(qū)生命科學(xué)和醫(yī)療保健實(shí)驗(yàn)室的工作。”

XtalPi is dedicated to driving intelligent and digital transformation in the life science and new materials in the chemicals industry. In 2022, the AI tech company bought over 100 GoFa cobots to create automated laboratory workstations at its testing facility in Shanghai, China. This year, XtalPi officially launched the automation-centric brand XtalPi Intelligent Automation with the purpose of aiding researchers through automation equipment. Together with ABB Robotics, XtalPi Intelligent Automation is using GoFa cobots to automate the synthesis and crystallization processes involved in developing new drugs and materials for its target industries.

晶泰致力于推動(dòng)生命科學(xué)和化工新材料領(lǐng)域的智能化、數(shù)字化轉(zhuǎn)型。2022年，這家人工智能科技公司購(gòu)買(mǎi)了100多臺(tái)GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人，在其位于中國(guó)上海的測(cè)試設(shè)施中創(chuàng)建自動(dòng)化實(shí)驗(yàn)室工作站。今年，晶泰科技正式推出以自動(dòng)化為核心的品牌晶泰智能自動(dòng)化，旨在通過(guò)自動(dòng)化設(shè)備幫助研究人員。晶泰智能自動(dòng)化與ABB機(jī)器人合作，使用GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人實(shí)現(xiàn)為其目標(biāo)行業(yè)開(kāi)發(fā)新藥物和材料所涉及的合成和結(jié)晶過(guò)程的自動(dòng)化。

The automated laboratory workstations can be customized to meet specific requirements, using different modules to complete various experiment steps. ABB’s GoFa cobots take on repetitive, manual tasks, while also working non-stop, accelerating the pace of experimentation. The large volumes of high-quality data generated will help to boost the efficiency of the Design-Make-Test-Analyze research cycle and provide a solid foundation for driving AI for science.

自動(dòng)化實(shí)驗(yàn)室工作站可以定制以滿足特定要求，使用不同的模塊來(lái)完成各種實(shí)驗(yàn)步驟。 ABB的GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人承擔(dān)重復(fù)性手動(dòng)任務(wù)，同時(shí)不間斷工作，加快了實(shí)驗(yàn)速度。生成的大量高質(zhì)量數(shù)據(jù)將有助于提高設(shè)計(jì)-制造-測(cè)試-分析研究周期的效率，并為推動(dòng)人工智能科學(xué)發(fā)展提供堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)。

The GoFa cobots are used by XtalPi Intelligent Automation to develop preparation workstations, diluting and filtration workstations, reaction workstations, UPLC testing workstations, glovebox workstations, sample warehouses and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) to make lab research and development faster and more efficient.

晶泰智能自動(dòng)化采用GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人開(kāi)發(fā)制備工作站、稀釋過(guò)濾工作站、反應(yīng)工作站、UPLC測(cè)試工作站、手套箱工作站、樣品倉(cāng)庫(kù)和自動(dòng)導(dǎo)引車(chē)（AGV），使實(shí)驗(yàn)室研發(fā)更快、更高效。

Each automated workstation can perform hundreds of different experiments, with ABB’s GoFa cobots operating in a range of challenging environments, including glove boxes – with no moisture or oxygen– while performing intricate tasks such as opening lids and the placement of lab equipment, liquid handling, sample addition, filtration, dilution, magnetic stirring, rapid sampling and UPLC testing, with minimal supervision required. AMR’s equipped with GoFa cobots transfer samples automatically between workstations, increasing efficiency while further reducing costs.

每個(gè)自動(dòng)化工作站可以執(zhí)行數(shù)百種不同的實(shí)驗(yàn)，ABB的GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人可以在一系列具有挑戰(zhàn)性的環(huán)境中運(yùn)行，包括手套箱（沒(méi)有水分或氧氣），同時(shí)執(zhí)行復(fù)雜的任務(wù)，例如打開(kāi)蓋子和放置實(shí)驗(yàn)室設(shè)備、液體處理、樣品添加、過(guò)濾、稀釋、磁力攪拌、快速采樣和UPLC測(cè)試，只需最少的監(jiān)督。AMR配備了GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人，可在工作站之間自動(dòng)傳輸樣品，提高效率，同時(shí)進(jìn)一步降低成本。

Equipped with a GoFa cobot and four rotating columns, automated sample warehouses provide compact and efficient storage and retrieval for laboratory reagents, making the process more efficient and entirely traceable.

自動(dòng)化樣品倉(cāng)庫(kù)配備了GoFa協(xié)作機(jī)器人和四個(gè)旋轉(zhuǎn)柱，為實(shí)驗(yàn)室試劑提供緊湊高效的存儲(chǔ)和檢索，使流程更加高效且完全可追溯。

Chenxi Zhang, Director of Automation Product Management at XtalPi, said “Through partnering with ABB, we can increase efficiency in laboratories by implementing a human-robot integration model. We hope to combine XtalPi’s intelligent software system and industry experience with ABB’s expertise in robotics to bring more innovative solutions to the pharmaceutical industry, which will in turn expand the usage of automation and robots in the R&D process and help automate laboratories.”

晶泰科技自動(dòng)化產(chǎn)品管理總監(jiān)張晨曦表示：“通過(guò)與ABB合作，我們可以采用人機(jī)協(xié)作的模式來(lái)提高實(shí)驗(yàn)室的效率。我們希望將晶泰的智能軟件系統(tǒng)和行業(yè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)與ABB在機(jī)器人領(lǐng)域的專業(yè)優(yōu)勢(shì)相結(jié)合，為制藥行業(yè)帶來(lái)更多創(chuàng)新解決方案，擴(kuò)大自動(dòng)化和機(jī)器人在研發(fā)過(guò)程中的使用，幫助實(shí)驗(yàn)室邁向自動(dòng)化之旅。

This is ABB Robotics’ latest project in the lab automation market, which is seeing significant growth with a revenue of USD 5.1 billion in 2022 expected to rise to USD 7.1 billion in 2028.

這是ABB機(jī)器人在實(shí)驗(yàn)室自動(dòng)化市場(chǎng)的最新項(xiàng)目，該市場(chǎng)正在大幅增長(zhǎng)，2022年收入將達(dá)到51億美元，預(yù)計(jì)到2028年將增至71億美元。