Selecting the teachpoint type

You can select one of the following teachpoint types:

•

None

•

Regrip

•

Lid Hotel

•

Vac Delid

•	Vac Filter

 

None

Select None for teachpoints that do not have special functions. For example, you should select None for platepads and most device locations. By default, None is the teachpoint type selection.

Regrip

Select Regrip if the teachpoint will function as a regrip station that enables the robot to:

•	Change the labware orientation between teachpoints that require different orientations (landscape or portrait).

•	Change A1-well orientation between teachpoints that require different A1-well orientations.

•	Adjust its grip at the specified labware gripping height. The location is typically used after a robot picks up a labware lower than the specified gripping height of the destination location because of physical restrictions at a teachpoint.

IMPORTANT The regrip station is only known to the robot and is not a device in the device file. Do not add the regrip station as a platepad device in the device file and use it for other purposes such as deadlock avoidance.

To accommodate different labware orientations, add multiple orientations to the regrip teachpoint. For instructions, see Adding multiple orientations to a teachpoint.

Lid Hotel

Select Lid Hotel for teachpoints in the Lid Hotel Station. The selection tells the software that delidding and relidding actions will take place at the hotel.

Vac Delid

Select Vac Delid for the teachpoint at the Vacuum Delid Station. The selection tells the software that tipbox-delidding actions will take place at the station.

Vac Filter

Select Vac Filter to press down labware at the teachpoint. For example, you can use this teachpoint type to press down PCR microplates or microplates that will sit on vacuum filtration stations.

Related information

 

For information about...	See...
Setting teachpoints	Setting new teachpoints and the relevant device guide
Specifying the A1-well orientation	Specifying the A1-well orientation
Setting the approach height and approach distance	Setting the Approach Height and Approach Distance parameters
Setting the gripper offset parameters	Setting the Min and Max Gripper Offset parameters
Setting the X, Y, Z, and Yaw parameters	Setting the X, Y, Z, and Yaw parameters
Adding multiple orientations to a regrip station or a teachpoint	Adding multiple orientations to a teachpoint
Saving teachpoints	Saving the teachpoints
Verifying teachpoints	Verifying teachpoints
Editing existing teachpoints	Editing existing teachpoints