PyLabRobot 0.1.0

A hardware agnostic platform for liquid handling

PyLabRobot

What is PyLabRobot?

PyLabRobot is a hardware agnostic, pure Python library for lab automation.

Here's a quick example showing how to move 100uL of liquid from well A1 to A2:

from pylabrobot import LiquidHandler
from pylabrobot.liquid_handling.backends import STAR

lh = LiquidHandler(backend=STAR())
lh.setup()
lh.load_layout("layout.json")

lh.pickup_tips(lh.get_resource("tips")["A1:H8"])
lh.aspirate(lh.get_resource("plate")["A1"], volume=100)
lh.dispense(lh.get_resource("plate")["A2"], volume=100)
lh.return_tips()

Resources

Documentation

docs.pylabrobot.org

• Installation
• Getting Started
• API Reference

Support

• forums.pylabrobot.org for questions and discussions.
• GitHub Issues for bug reports and feature requests.

Papers

• A high-throughput platform for feedback-controlled directed evolution, preprint

• Flexible open-source automation for robotic bioengineering, preprint

Developed for the Sculpting Evolution Group at the MIT Media Lab