US 12,405,283 B1
HLAB automation and related systems and methods
Yu-Shun Hsiao, Wellesley, MA (US); and Yen-Po Chin, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Hyperius Biotech Inc, Wellesley, MA (US)
Filed by Hyperius Biotech Inc., Wellesley, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/807,867.
Int. Cl. G01N 35/02 (2006.01); B01L 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/246 (2024.01); G05D 1/656 (2024.01); G05D 105/80 (2024.01); G05D 107/00 (2024.01)
CPC G01N 35/02 (2013.01) [B01L 1/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); C12M 33/04 (2013.01); C12M 41/14 (2013.01); C12M 41/48 (2013.01); G01N 35/00722 (2013.01); G05D 1/2465 (2024.01); G05D 1/656 (2024.01); G01N 2035/00891 (2013.01); G05D 2105/80 (2024.01); G05D 2107/68 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a lab space housing multiple workstations comprising at least two workstations respectively performing bio lab tasks different from another,
wherein the lab space has a lab floor space comprising an occupied lab floor space on which the multiple workstations are occupied, and an unoccupied lab floor space on which a stand-alone robotic arm moves through, wherein no more than about 40% of the lab floor space is unoccupied
wherein the stand-alone robotic arm comprises visual assistance configured to generate visual data associated with at least partial visualization of the multiple workstations and at least partial visualization of the unoccupied lab floor space for the stand-alone robotic arm to move to or among the multiple workstations,
wherein the system includes at least one hardware processor configured to control the movement of the stand-alone robotic arm using an iterative refinement algorithm configured to continuously adjust the movement after a failure to perform a bio lab task associated with a functional object on a workstation among the multiple workstations by processing the visual data,
wherein the visual assistance is operationally associated with the at least one hardware processor and is to generate the visual data to be processed the at least one hardware processor to generate a move path on the unoccupied lab floor space the stand-alone robotic arm to move along to be positioned at each of the multiple workstations using the iterative refinement algorithm depending on a different type of the bio lab tasks to be performed.