We are looking into liquid handling systems for pipetting qPCR plates (384 well) and for NGS library preps (amplicon seq). There are many machines on the market that are able to do that (Biomek FX/NX, Tecan Freedom Evo, Eppendorf Epmotion, Agilent Bravo, Felix CyBio, Perkin Elmer, Hamilton...). My question is which of the stated systems have the most simple, flexible and straight forward software to use for stated applications.
Thank you for sharing your experiences,
Filip
Tecan Freedom Evo is very flexible and straight-forward to use. Though we had some issues with robustness. Biomek is a very robust and reliable instrument in comparison.
Thank you Sheha, What do you mean by issues with robustness? 1) machine suddenly breaking 2) sometimes you found incorrect pipetting?
I've used Biomeks, Hamiltons, and Labcyte Echos. The Biomek and Echo have very user-friendly GUIs that, as a bench scientist, I find easy to program.
Hamiltons work great once they're coded and set up, but are difficult for a casual user - you really need an automation specialist to use one of them effectively.
Using an Artel MVS platform with your robot will assist in building an optimal NGS assay. Info presented SLAS 2019.
https://www.artel-usa.com/resource-library/genomics-workflow-optimization-coupling-assay-development-and-process-characterization-toward-automation/
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