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The Unknown Story of Palo Alto's First Startup(theatlantic.com)
1 points by willcanine 4y ago|1 comments
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by willcanine 4y ago
Leland Stanford's horse farm was more like an experimental engine lab, and his "Palo Alto System" set the Valley's course. An excerpt from the new book PALO ALTO: A HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA, CAPITALISM, AND THE WORLD
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by willcanine 9y ago
awesome! excited to work with you!
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by willcanine 9y ago
sorry if my answer is confusing. the short answer is: yes, there will be more (and more in-depth) open-source documentation of OT-2 than with OT-One, and not just limited to dumping everything in a github repo. This is rolling out in the co
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by willcanine 9y ago
yes, we love smoothieware! it's existence is one of the main reasons we're able to offer this tech at such an unheard-of low price. we've forked it (available here: https://github.com/Opentrons/Smoothiewa
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by willcanine 9y ago
hey, thanks! to answer your questions: 1 - yes, our python API can still be your main tool for creating protocols, no one needs to use the GUI if they dont want to. In fact, OT-2 runs a jupyter notebook onboard so you can just connect over
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by willcanine 9y ago
totally agree. lowering that "activation energy" is one of the main focuses of our UX design team, and making sure that the machine doesn't break at the smallest bump is a core part of our hardware engineering philosophy. tha
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by willcanine 9y ago
Thanks! Through user research we learned that most labs dont have robots today because 1. they are too expensive and 2. they dont have space in their lab for the huge machines currently available. Thats why we focused on low-cost and compac
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by willcanine 9y ago
This is exactly the pain we are trying to help in the lab -- your story is all too common! It is crazy to me that we are the first lab automation company to bring best practices of consumer tech UX and engineering to the wet lab, but its tr
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by willcanine 9y ago
Thanks Jay! :)
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by willcanine 9y ago
Thank you! Would love to work with you! We are already shipping OT-2 robots, and right now with the amount of demand we have there is a 6 week lead time (though it is increasing fast). The 96-well head wont be an addition to this robot beca
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by willcanine 9y ago
yes, we will be open-sourcing the hardware, though not in quite the same way as with the OT-One. All the OT-One parts are off the shelf, 3D printed, or laser-cut, so putting all the files on github makes a lot of sense. But the OT-2 is a lo
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Opentrons Is Hiring a Software Engineer(hire.withgoogle.com)
1 points by willcanine 9y ago
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by willcanine 9y ago
And we're hiring! Come work at the company democratizing sophisticated biotech tools with open-source lab robots https://opentrons.com/jobs
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Opentrons is looking for a Front end Engineer(opentrons.recruitee.com)
1 points by willcanine 10y ago
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by willcanine 10y ago
We've designed the API to be an easy step into programming and automation for any bench scientist. Our API makes your code read like a protocol written in your lab notebook, but you can extend it using everything the Python ecosystem h
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Opentrons new Python API for bio lab robots(docs.opentrons.com)
11 points by willcanine 10y ago|2 comments
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by willcanine 11y ago
woops -- should say 'most of our users do NOT already have liquid handling robots...' sorry
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by willcanine 11y ago
Our main competition really isnt those other robots, its people working by hand. Our user experience and the size, shape, feel of our robot on the bench is just totally different than a Tecan. Our machine appeals to scientists who dont want
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by willcanine 11y ago
Hi - our robot is great for your application. Send me an email info@opentrons.com and we can talk more about it. We have talked to a number of people interested in the same thing.
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by willcanine 11y ago
Thanks for taking a look at our stuff and taking the time to comment. As I said below, we have shipped 51 robots so far and most are in daily use by the academic research labs and biotech companies that bought them. Serial dilutions, mother
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by willcanine 11y ago
appreciate the input -- what elements are not working on your iPad?
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by willcanine 11y ago
No, we are not competing with Hamilton, Tecan, Cybio, or any of the other companies currently making big lab robots. i think of robots like the Hamilton Star as 'mainframe' machines. They are really great for centralized high-thro
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by willcanine 11y ago
Happy to talk to anyone about our robot! Currently have 51 machines in labs around the world doing things from serial dilutions to Gibson assembly and shipping more every week. Email info@opentrons.com to get in touch