Robotic Sample Handling - Newsgroup and Information Forum

The goal of this website and email newsgroup is to promote compatibility between systems and to inform experimenters about current technologies.

The robo-sync email newsgroup is a forum for developers and experimenters from various labs to share information, ideas, and experiences related to automated sample handling and high throughput crystallography.

The universal puck project is a collaboration to develop a standard sample pin storage and shipping container for use with the majority of automated sample mounting systems.

Robotic Sample Handling Systems Developed or Installed at Synchrotron Facilities

System Name	Sample Container	Sample Capacity	Number Installed	Location
Berkeley Automated sample Mounting system (BAM)	16 samples / pucks	6 or 4 pucks 96 or 64 samples	3 5 1 2	ALS APS CHESS NSLS
Cool Hand Luke - ALS 8.3.1	18 or 54 sample conveyor belt	18 or 54 samples	1	ALS
Crystal Mounting Robot - BW6	48 samples / large carousel	1 carousel 48 samples	1	DORIS
Cryogenic Auto Transfer System (CATS)	10 samples / cryo-vials in carousel	4 carousels 40 samples	1	ESRF
EMBL Grenoble Sample Changer (SC3)	10 samples / cryo-vials in carousel	5 carousels 50 samples	8	ESRF
EMBL Hamburg Robotic Sample Changer	54 samples / cryo-vials in vertical rack	1 rack 54 samples	1	DORIS
SBC-CAT Automatic Mounting System	12 samples / MSC-magazines	8 magazines 96 samples	1	APS
Spring-8 Precise Automatic Cryo-sample Exchanger (SPACE)	52 samples / rectangular tray	1 tray rack / 52 samples	2	Spring-8
Stanford Automated Mounting system (SAM)	96 samples / cassettes	3 cassettes 288 samples	1 2 3 6	AUST-S NSRRC PF SSRL
Commercially Developed
ACTOR - Rigaku/MSC	12 samples / MSC-magazines	5 magazines 60 samples	2 1 1	APS Daresbury SLS
Cryogenic Sample Changer (CSC) - MAR	1 sample / cryo-vials	19 cryo-vials	2 2	APS Daresbury
BruNo - Bruker	1 sample / Bruker- Kryo-vials	48 Kryo-vials

We encourage system developers to keep us up to date with information and links. Please email content comments to Aina Cohen (acohen@slac.stanford.edu).