Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening

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    Meanwhile, back in Boston, the SLAS Conference was really something. We (Tobor) were more street theatre than anything (attracting people to the Retisoft booth https://retisoft.com/), but hey, it worked!

    Like all business conferences, this one had its own language, and people were very excited about interacting. It's basically biotech, medical, testing, and related fields. The housing for the "plates" are called "hotels" and are basically serviced by SCARA robots (Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm).

    A lot of AI stuff is going on, and I know nothing about "laboratory automation," but I am aware that what we are pitching is an embodiment platform. In other words, if you want to be in the "humanoid robot" business, you need an embodiment on which to develop your AI applications.

    We had the Unitree "G1 Edu Ultimate D" ( https://toborlife.ai/g1-edu-ultimate-d/) with 5-finger dexterous hands. We demonstrated teleoperation with VR goggles. The robot has an Intel RealSense camera, so you see what the robot sees. We have code that mimics your hands with the robot's five-finger dexterous hands, so whatever you do with your hands, the robot does.

    We brought a general-purpose platform into a highly specialized automation conference and the market immediately started identifying use cases I hadn't considered. Someone said, "That could be used to carry plates into another room (different hotel)," another commented about handling hazardous materials, and another said, "Yeah, I'd rather have one of those in my lab over virus-infected people." :-]]]

SLAS Conference

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