Evaluation of the Use of A Laboratory Robot in a Study of Esterification Kinetics

Abstract

Abstract While the use of robots in routine quality-control and sample-preparation procedures is well established, their use in the research laboratory has not received as much attention. In order to evaluate the performance of laboratory robots in investigating problems that are non-routine and slightly more difficult, a Zymate-I robot was adapted to investigate the kinetics of two well-characterized reactions. The problems encountered and the need for verification devices in laboratory robotics are discussed.