CNC router used as an autosampler controlled using autoit
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August 29, 2016
Here I demonstrate the use of a cheap (nearly $1000) CNC router as an autosampler for chemical analysis. The main difference between this and the robotic arm are 2: 1) it is much easier to program the CNC router than the robotic arm because the CNC router uses G code, the industry standard for controlling machiens that move on 3 axes; 2) I can perforate septa much easily because the movement downwards is much easier to perform using a CNC router than using a robotic arm.
Book teaching how to do the same:
Practical Laboratory Automation Made Easy With AutoIt, Wiley-VCH
http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/ISBN978-3-527-34158-0/
More on this topic:
http://intl-jla.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/02/13/2211068213476288.full.pdf+html
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211122014000255
