Agilent Technologies Bravo Platform User Manual page 60

Physical factors
External robot
orientation for
gripping labware:
landscape or portrait
External robot's
approach path
Bravo Platform User Guide
Description
Landscape and portrait gripper orientations require different space allocations on the
Bravo deck. Some robots can grip using either orientation.
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Landscape
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Portrait
The approach path of the external robot can affect which Bravo deck locations must
be blocked for the Bravo head during the external robot's access.
For example, the following figure shows two variations of an external robot's
approach path to deck location 7. The blue locations are where the Bravo head could
potentially continue operations concurrently while the external robot is accessing the
deck:
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Example A. The external robot is accessing location 7. However, locations 1 and 4
are also blocked to prevent the tie bar from being in the path of the external robot
when it accesses location 7. The Bravo head can access the remaining deck
locations (blue) without risking a collision with the external robot during its
approach to location 7.
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Example B. In addition to locations 1, 4, and 7, the Bravo head is blocked from
accessing location 8. The Bravo head cannot access location 8 without risking a
potential collision with the external robot during its approach to location 7.
2 Setting up the Bravo Platform
Configuring external robot access
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