Venus feature requests

[EricSindelar_Hamilton]

Hi Zach,

If I understand you correctly, item 1 is already possible within VENUS. The 1mL Independent Channels can pick up different tip sizes and in the Aspirate step you can define an array of volumes and an array of liquid classes. Each liquid class would have to correspond to the proper tip type you picked up. This thread provides an overview of how this can be accomplished:

Tip Handling for Widely Varying Volumes

Wondering if anyone has a good solution for this problem: I’m trying to create a universal, one-size-fits-all solution to cherry picking using incoming worklists for plate mapping and transfer volumes. The issue that keeps coming up is the huge range of transfer volume that we can expect (anywhere from 1 uL to ~800 uL, essentially the full range of a STAR channel pipette). The difficulty is programming the robot to pick up appropriately sized tips for each transfer; what I’ve done so far is: s…

FYI, XRP was the original working name for the VANTAGE, but it is not in use (though you may find vestiges of this nomenclature in service software, etc.).

I am not aware of plans to incorporate the other 2 suggestions, but I will relay them to product management!

Best regards,

Eric