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Supported devices
Revolution drives 40+ laboratory instruments out of the box. Each device page covers what Revolution can control, how to wire the instrument in, and the supported methods exposed through the REST API.
Liquid handlers
Section titled “Liquid handlers” Hamilton Star ICC Channel-based liquid handling through VENUS — Microlab STAR, 55-position deck.
Hamilton Starlet ICC Channel-based liquid handling through VENUS — Microlab STARlet, 25-position deck.
Hamilton Vantage ICC Channel-based liquid handling through VENUS — Microlab VANTAGE, 360° device integration.
StarV with extension Hamilton STAR liquid handler fitted with a left housing extension, driven through VENUS.
Hamilton Venus 5 Generic VENUS ICC device entry for a Hamilton liquid handler not covered by a named platform entry.
Hamilton Microlab NIMBUS Hamilton Nimbus ICC (VENUS-driven) and Hamilton Nimbus Demo (placeholder) device entries.
Hamilton Microlab Prep Benchtop liquid handler, 8 deck positions, protocols started by ID.
Opentrons OT-2 Open-platform liquid handler, 11-slot deck, driven over its HTTP API.
Tecan Fluent & Freedom EVO Run a FluentControl method or an EVO script from a schedule.
Labcyte Echo Beckman Coulter acoustic liquid handler — non-contact nanolitre transfer.
Mosquito SPT Labtech positive-displacement nanolitre pipettor, 5 plate positions.
Mosquito X1 SPT Labtech single-channel nanolitre pipettor, 2 plate positions.
Tecan HP D300 Digital dispenser — picolitre drops, protocols run by file path.
Hamilton Microlab PuriFY Benchtop magnetic-bead nucleic acid clean-up, 1–96 samples.
Thermo MultiDrop Bulk reagent dispenser — Combi and Combi nL cassettes.
BioRAPTR Beckman Coulter non-contact dispenser — run a protocol, wash the tips.
CyBio Well Vario Analytik Jena simultaneous pipettor — 96, 384 and 1536 channels.
Certus Flex Fritz Gyger contactless microdispenser — table-driven dispensing over SiLA.
D2 Dispenser UK Robotics two-valve nanolitre dispenser — stored protocols or per-well CSV.
Plate readers & imaging
Section titled “Plate readers & imaging” BMG Labtech readers Run a named protocol on a BMG reader — PHERAstar, SPECTROstar, VANTAstar.
PerkinElmer EnVision, Opera and ViewLux — run a protocol by name or number.
FDSS 7000 Hamamatsu kinetic plate imager — whole-plate imaging, simultaneous injection.
rapifleX MALDI-TOF Bruker MALDI-TOF/TOF — 10 kHz smartbeam 3D laser, ~0.3 s per sample.
OpenLab CDS Launch chromatography sequences on Agilent's CDS — LC, GC, LC/MS, GC/MS.
Vala Sciences IC200 Kinetic Image Cytometer — high-speed single-cell video microscopy.
Promega GloMax Discover Multimode reader — luminescence, fluorescence, UV-Vis, BRET and FRET.
NanoTemper Dianthus Spectral Shift binding affinity — 1536-well plate in under 8 minutes.
Tecan Spark Multimode reader — absorbance, fluorescence, TRF, polarisation, luminescence and Alpha.
Sample storage & incubators
Section titled “Sample storage & incubators” Cytomat 2 Compact incubated plate store — CO₂, O₂, humidity and temperature control, plus twin-stack shaking.
Cytomat 10C High-capacity random-access plate store — rotary carousel, 210 SBS microplates.
Cytomat 24 (PH) High-capacity random-access plate hotel — rotary carousel, up to 672 plates by type.
Cytomat 6000 Mid-size random-access plate store — rotary carousel, up to 189 SBS microplates.
Cytomat SkyLine High-capacity sequential plate store — 14 stackers, up to 728 plates.
HiRes Stores HighRes AmbiStore carousel and MicroServe labware storage.
LiCONiC LPX220 Ambient plate hotel — 220 plates, four integration orientations.
LiCONiC Incubators StoreX STX carousel incubators — temperature and CO₂ setpoints, climate monitoring.
Hamilton R10 Multi-stacker plate store, addressed by stacker and level.
Thermo RapidStak Microplate stacker — 50 or 150 plates, up to 300 plates per hour.
Room Temperature Hotels Passive ambient plate racks — 5-position and 10-position, random access.
Agilent Ambient Storage Labware MiniHub, PlateHub carousel and Microplate Exchanger — ambient plate storage and handoff.
KingFisher Flex 96 Magnetic bead purification — up to 96 samples per run, disposable tip combs.
KingFisher Presto Magnetic bead purification — 96 or 24 samples, run a full protocol or a single step.
Robotic movers
Section titled “Robotic movers” PF400 with Rail Brooks PreciseFlex 400 — four axes, optional linear rail, six device variants.
Stäubli industrial robots TX90 on a CS8 controller — 6-axis, ±0.02 mm repeatability.
Thermo Orbitor Benchtop mover with infinite rotation, 570 mm Z, on bench or BenchTrak rail.
KUKA LBR iiwa 7 R800 — seven axes with joint torque sensing.
Plate handling
Section titled “Plate handling” XPeel Automated plate seal remover — up to 200 seals per hour.
A4S Sealer Roll heat sealer — sub-15-second cycle, plate heights 3–60 mm, no air supply.
PlateLoc Agilent thermal sealer — 30–200 °C, approximately 8 seconds per plate.
Presto Sealer Seal cycle driven over discrete I/O with a completion handshake.
Qi TurnStation Driven plate reorientation station — rotates to a target orientation and grip profile.
Static 3-Position ROS Static reorientation station, three fixed positions, no motor.
Static 4-Position ROS Static reorientation station, four fixed positions, no motor.
DeCapper Hamilton LabElite — decap and recap 24/48/96 tube racks, with tube ID reading.
VCode Microplate Labeler Print and apply plate barcodes — four sides, one label every four seconds.
Cedrex Tube Labeler Label a rack of tubes from layout and data files supplied per call.
IntelliXcap 96 Azenta 96-format screw-cap decapper/recapper — full rack in one cycle.
Hamilton MFX2.0 Serial enclosure-door monitor that gates schedule resumption.
Hamilton Waste Chute Labware disposal — a plate placed on the chute is removed from the system.
Centrifuges
Section titled “Centrifuges” Bionex HiG3 Up to 5,000 g, 100 g imbalance tolerance, robot-accessible buckets.
Bionex HiG4 Up to 4,000 g, Peltier-cooled, 50 g imbalance tolerance, robot-accessible buckets.
Hettich ROTANTA Automated centrifuge — 6 plates or 24 × 50 ml tubes on the 460 Robotic.
MicroSpin HighRes automated centrifuge — 3000 x g, two plates, 75 g imbalance tolerance.
VSpin + Access Agilent microplate centrifuge — 3-second cycle, two carriers, stackable.
Thermal cyclers
Section titled “Thermal cyclers” QuantStudio qPCR Thermo Fisher QuantStudio 7 Pro — full run lifecycle, queue and results retrieval.
INHECO ODTC On-deck thermal cycler — +4 to +99 °C, heating to 5.0 K/sec, automatic lid.
TRobot Analytik Jena Biometra TRobot / TRobot II — gradient blocks, gripper access from three sides.
Mixers, washers, balances
Section titled “Mixers, washers, balances” ELx405 Plate Washer BioTek washer — deep-well and standard plates, onboard or LHC protocols.
BioShake & ColdPlate QInstruments shaking to 3,000 rpm and temperature control below ambient.
CYTENA C.WASH Centrifugal microplate washer — no needles or tips.
Mettler Toledo Balances Weigh and verify a dispense gravimetrically from a schedule.
INHECO Teleshake On-deck microplate shaker — 100–2000 rpm, up to 14 units chained.
LabRAM II Resodyn ResonantAcoustic mixer — up to 100 g, no impeller in the vessel.
Temperature control
Section titled “Temperature control” Hamilton Heater Shaker Heating to 105 °C and shaking to 2500 rpm in one deck position.
Hamilton Heater Cooler Plate temperature control from 0 °C to 110 °C, one deck position.
Hamilton Incubator Shaker Independent multi-plate incubation to 60 °C, shaking to 1200 rpm.
INHECO Thermoshake Heating, cooling and shaking via TEC Control — 4–70 °C, to 3000 rpm.
INHECO Single Plate Incubators Ambient +5 K to 80 °C, microplate and deep-well, with or without shaker.
Hamilton Shaker Heater Cooler Combined shaking and heating/cooling deck module.
Sample preparation
Section titled “Sample preparation” Hamilton [MPE]² Positive-pressure SPE to 100 psi, evaporation to 60 °C.
Barcode readers
Section titled “Barcode readers” Datalogic DS2100N Fixed-mount laser scanner, 50–300 mm, up to 1000 scans/s.
SICK CLV503 Fixed-mount scanner, 50–630 mm reading distance, ≤ 100 Hz.
Keyence Fixed-mount barcode reader over serial.
Signal beacons
Section titled “Signal beacons” Werma 640 Beacon KombiSIGN 71 USB 5-tier signal tower (640.840.00).
Werma 816 Beacon Werma 816 USB RGB LED status beacon.
Qlight ST56EL Ø56 mm USB signal tower — red, yellow, green plus sounder.
Integrations & SDK
Section titled “Integrations & SDK” Sapio LIMS LIMS-driven priority scheduling and result write-back, over HTTP.
VWorks Automation Agilent automation control software — run a protocol, write a protocol input file.
Open-Source Driver Kit Write your own Revolution device driver — the attribute-based device API.
Don’t see your instrument? The Open-Source Driver Kit is the path to adding any device with a documented control protocol. Pull requests and driver contributions welcome.