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From: rhf@world.std.com (Richard H Fernald)
Subject: Re: Laboratory Automation
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Keywords: Robot, laboratory  Zymark  automated
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Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
References: <matheson.6.2E07658C@nzdri.org.nz> <2umuru$8gt@Venus.mcs.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 1994 02:21:19 GMT
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Any Zymark customers out there may be interested to know that Zymark
has fallen upon some bad times lately (3 bad business quarters in a 
row) and laid off 20-25 salaried employees (out of approx. 180 in
Hopkinton) on June 23rd. Since many Zymark customers deal directly
with Engineering and Support personnel at Zymark, some of the familiar
voices (and faces) might be out the door. If you have any questions
about this, or Zymarks products in general, please feel free to
email me. They've pushed a lot of experience out the door. Me, of
course, being one of the pushees.

rhf@world.std.com
Dick Fernald

IOAn article <2umuru$8gt@Venus.mcs.com>, Jim Zdunex <jz@MCS.COM> wrote:
>matheson@nzdri.org.nz (Alan Matheson) writes:
>
>>Can anyone point me to a group which discusses the use of laboratory robotics 
>>as an aid to laboratory automation?  The obvious groups such as sci.chem 
>>don't seem to have anything.
>Alan,
>Comp.robotics is as good a place as any to talk about laboratory 
>automation.  Any subject with the words <<laboratory automation>> in 
>it usually gets my attention.  Another place that has mentioned L.A. 
>in the past is the robotics international forum available through the 
>Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in Detroit, MI.,USA.  I 
>prefer the usenet access, however, and unless there is enough interest 
>to start a news group called comp.robotics.laboratory,  this is THE 
>place to discuss L.A.
>So, what kind of  'bots do you use?  I have some (sigh) Zymark lab 
>robots and four C.R.S.+ systems doing sample prep, mostly in acid 
>and/or volatile environments.  They all do a fairly good job, but 
>you just hate to see them dissolve away after time! :(
>I'll be back!
>-jim
> 
> 
> 
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