Editing Laboratory robotics (section)

=== Diagnostic testing for pathogens ===
{{See also|Medical diagnosis|Diagnostic robot}}
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For example, there are robots that are used to analyze swabs from patients to [[COVID-19 testing|diagnose COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanders |first1=Robert |title=UC Berkeley scientists spin up a robotic COVID-19 testing lab |url=https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/03/30/uc-berkeley-scientists-spin-up-a-robotic-covid-19-testing-lab/ |access-date=25 May 2022 |work=Berkeley News |date=30 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Robot automates COVID-19 testing |url=https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/robot-automates-covid-19-testing.html |website=healthcare-in-europe.com |access-date=25 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CDC B-Roll {{!}} CDC Online Newsroom {{!}} CDC |url=https://www.cdc.gov/media/b_roll.html |website=www.cdc.gov |access-date=25 May 2022 |language=en-us |date=30 March 2022 |quote=This b-roll depicts the lab work involved in serology testing. This laboratory robot performs all the steps of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody test from sample loading through antibody detection in one workflow, and it can test over 3,600 samples a day. A public health scientist can test about 400 samples a day by hand. The use of automated laboratory robots will improve antibody testing capacity, resulting in more data to help monitor and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}</ref> Automated robotic liquid handling systems have been or are being built for [[lateral flow assay]]s. It minimizes hands-on time, maximizes experiment size, and enables improved reproducibility.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Caitlin E. |last2=Huynh |first2=Toan |last3=Gasperino |first3=David J. |last4=Alonzo |first4=Luis F. |last5=Cantera |first5=Jason L. |last6=Harston |first6=Stephen P. |last7=Hsieh |first7=Helen V. |last8=Marzan |first8=Rosemichelle |last9=McGuire |first9=Shawn K. |last10=Williford |first10=John R. |last11=Oncina |first11=Ciela I. |last12=Glukhova |first12=Veronika A. |last13=Bishop |first13=Joshua D. |last14=Cate |first14=David M. |last15=Grant |first15=Benjamin D. |last16=Nichols |first16=Kevin P. |last17=Weigl |first17=Bernhard H. |title=Automated liquid handling robot for rapid lateral flow assay development |journal=Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry |date=1 March 2022 |volume=414 |issue=8 |pages=2607–2618 |doi=10.1007/s00216-022-03897-9 |pmid=35091761 |pmc=8799445 |language=en |issn=1618-2650|doi-access=free }}</ref>