US 12,246,455 B2
Adapting robotic protocols between labs
Jeff Washington, Round Rock, TX (US); Geoffrey J. Budd, Redwood City, CA (US); Nikhita Singh, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jake Sganga, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Alexander Li Honda, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Artificial, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Artificial, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/403,484.
Application 18/403,484 is a continuation of application No. 17/392,113, filed on Aug. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,897,144.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,974, filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190003 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01)
CPC B25J 9/1671 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1605 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); B25J 9/1653 (2013.01); B25J 9/1658 (2013.01); B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1692 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); G01N 35/0099 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 40/10 (2020.01); G06F 40/40 (2020.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
accessing a first lab protocol to be performed by a first robot in a first lab, the first lab protocol including a set of steps, each step associated with one or more of an operation, lab equipment within the first lab, and a reagent within the first lab;
for each of one or more of the set of steps, modifying the step by one or more of:
identifying one or more replacement operations that, when performed, achieve an equivalent or substantially similar result as a performance of the operation associated with the step;
identifying replacement equipment that operates substantially similar to the lab equipment associated with the step; and
identifying one or more replacement reagents that, when substituted for the reagent associated with the step, do not substantially affect the performance of the step;
generating a modified lab protocol by replacing one or more of the set of steps of the first lab protocol with the one or more modified steps;
selecting, from a set of candidate labs, a second lab including a second robot that can perform the modified lab protocol based on an experimentation time required to perform the modified lab protocol by each of the candidate labs; and
configuring the second robot to perform the modified lab protocol in the second lab.