Searching for Flowrobotics FlowBot-API after them going bankrupt

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Hey all!
Flowrobotics has produced the FlowBot and you were supposed to control it with some custom software (web interface of the internal server). The actual API was never published. This February, the went bankrupt (https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/469743-22) . Since we have a few of them here in our university, I would love to integrate them in our automation framework. Does anyone have the API to communicate with a flowbot directly?

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@DanLord ?

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Thanks for the heads up @luisvillaautomata

As far as I know there is no API, it’s a shame what happened to the company as I know there’s a good number of these systems out there that won’t get any future updates or support.

I can’t promise anything but if you want to chat a bit more let me know. Might be some people out there I can connect you with

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I am quite confident, there is an API.

  1. The following is from their website (also the word “open” seems misplaced there):

Flowbot ONE has a full set of unique features specifically designed to meet the needs we see in labs around the world. It also has an open API that allows you to easily integrate it into a fully automated work cell.

  1. It is too easy to implement and too useful to have an API

  2. I know at least two other people who unsuccessfully tried to get the API from tLordhem

  3. I heard of someone who received an API after signing some NDA
    Regarding those connections of yours I will pm you, @DanLord.