{"id":19179,"date":"2020-09-14T16:35:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T10:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=19179"},"modified":"2020-09-15T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T04:36:26","slug":"covid-19-yumi-a-robot-analyse-a-higher-number-of-serological-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/covid-19-yumi-a-robot-analyse-a-higher-number-of-serological-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: YuMi, a robot analyse a higher number of serological tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Milan <\/strong><\/em>\u2013<\/strong> A robot YuMi can automate up to 77 per cent of the testing actions\u2014 helps to analyse up to 450 samples per hour in nominal condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YuMi is a ABB\u2019s collaborative robot, was used in an application designed by Politecnico di Milano University, in partnership with IEO to support hospitals in serological testing for Covid19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to press release, <\/em><\/strong>Andrea Zanchettin, <\/strong>PhD, associate professor at the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano University,<\/em> has designed the application and programmed YuMi, a robot capable of automating well plate \u201cpipetting\u201d during serological tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The serological test was developed in the laboratories of the\u00a0European Institute of Oncology in Milan\u00a0<\/strong>by a group consisting of\u00a0Marina Mapelli\u00a0and\u00a0Sebastiano Pasqualato\u00a0– two biochemists – as well as\u00a0Federica Facciotti\u00a0<\/strong>– an immunologist – based on the protocol created at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York by Florian Krammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does it work?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robot has two arms: the micropipette is attached to the left one, whilst the right has a \u201chand\u201d of sorts, with two fingers which are used to handle the plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technician inserts the patient\u2019s serum into a well plate, which is manufactured in such a way that the protein component of the virus, if it is present, adheres to the plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order for the virus to bond to the plastic stably, a certain incubation period is required. The excess must then be cleaned out of the plate: this is precisely where YuMi comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technician positions the plates to be washed above a tray with a weight sensor, which notifies YuMi when it is required to activate and \u201cpipette\u201d the cleaning liquid into the wells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The robot collects the plate and moves it into position, then draws the cleaning solution from a reservoir and fills the plate. It then draws the solution back out of each well and discards it, repeating this operation a total of 3 times: overall, the entire process takes around 3 minutes to complete. At the end, YuMi retrieves the plate and places it on the tray for washed plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YuMi is a collaborative robot produced and lent free of charge by ABB<\/strong> as part of the long-lasting, strategic partnership with the Politecnico di Milano known as the Joint Research Centre<\/a>. It is a multifunctional machine that can be used to ensure repetitiveness in industry and other sectors, such as hospitals and analysis laboratories. YuMi is certified for use in clean rooms (ISO5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRobotised collaborative automation has incredible potential in the healthcare sector,\u201d according to Oscar Ferrato<\/strong>, Collaborative Robots Product Manager at ABB. \u201cWe at ABB are pleased to have contributed to the development of this interesting and innovative project\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politecnico di Milano<\/em> is a scientific-technological university which trains engineers, architects and industrial designers.<\/p>\n

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