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Supported devices
Revolution drives 40+ laboratory instruments out of the box. Each device page covers what Revolution can control, how to wire the instrument in, and the supported methods exposed through the REST API.
Liquid handlers
Section titled “Liquid handlers”
Fritz Gyger Certus Flex Fritz Gyger contactless microdispenser — table-driven dispensing over SiLA. 
UK Robotics D2 Dispenser UK Robotics two-valve nanolitre dispenser — stored protocols or per-well CSV. 
Formulatrix Formulatrix Mantis Non-contact microfluidic dispenser, 100 nL and up. 
Hamilton Hamilton Microlab NIMBUS Hamilton Nimbus ICC (VENUS-driven) and Hamilton Nimbus Demo (placeholder) device entries. 
Hamilton Hamilton Microlab Prep Benchtop liquid handler, 8 deck positions, protocols started by ID. 
Hamilton Hamilton Microlab PuriFY Benchtop magnetic-bead nucleic acid clean-up, 1–96 samples. 
Hamilton Hamilton Star ICC Channel-based liquid handling through VENUS — Microlab STAR, 55-position deck. 
Hamilton Hamilton Starlet ICC Channel-based liquid handling through VENUS — Microlab STARlet, 25-position deck. 
Hamilton Hamilton Vantage ICC Channel-based liquid handling through VENUS — Microlab VANTAGE, 360° device integration. Hamilton Hamilton Venus 5 Generic VENUS ICC device entry for a Hamilton liquid handler not covered by a named platform entry.
Beckman Coulter Labcyte Echo Beckman Coulter acoustic liquid handler — non-contact nanolitre transfer. 
Dynamic Devices Lynx LM1800 Lynx liquid handler with the largest deck and volume-verified pipetting. 
Agilent MultiFlo FX BioTek modular reagent dispenser — Revolution's Dispense step reaches no hardware. 
Hamilton StarV Plus with extension Hamilton StarV Plus liquid handler with a left housing extension, driven through VENUS. 
Hamilton StarV with extension Hamilton STAR liquid handler fitted with a left housing extension, driven through VENUS. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo MultiDrop Bulk reagent dispenser — Combi and Combi nL cassettes. 
Trisonic Discovery Trisonic Discovery A1 Compact acoustic nanolitre dispenser. Plate readers & imaging
Section titled “Plate readers & imaging”
BMG LABTECH BMG PHERAstar Run a named protocol on a BMG LABTECH PHERAstar FSX. SYNENTEC CELLAVISTA Automated brightfield and fluorescence cell imager for microplates, slides and dishes.
BMG LABTECH CLARIOstar Multimode microplate reader with LVF monochromators. 
Meso Scale Diagnostics MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 MSD electrochemiluminescence (ECL) multiplex reader. 
NanoTemper NanoTemper Dianthus Spectral Shift binding affinity — 1536-well plate in under 8 minutes. 
BMG LABTECH NEPHELOstar Plus Laser microplate nephelometer. 
Agilent Synergy H1 BioTek hybrid multimode reader. 
Agilent Synergy Neo2 BioTek HTS hybrid multimode reader. 
Tecan Tecan Spark Multimode reader — absorbance, fluorescence, TRF, polarisation, luminescence and Alpha. 
BMG LABTECH VANTAstar Compact multimode microplate reader. Sample storage & incubators
Section titled “Sample storage & incubators”
Thermo Fisher Scientific Cytomat 10C High-capacity random-access plate store — rotary carousel, 210 SBS microplates. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific Cytomat 2 Compact incubated plate store — CO₂, O₂, humidity and temperature control, plus twin-stack shaking. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific Cytomat 24 High-capacity random-access plate hotel, standard housing — rotary carousel, 504 SBS plates. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific Cytomat 24 (PH) High-capacity random-access plate hotel — rotary carousel, up to 672 plates by type. Thermo Fisher Scientific Cytomat 6000 Mid-size random-access plate store — rotary carousel, up to 189 SBS microplates.
Hamilton Hamilton R10 Multi-stacker plate store, addressed by stacker and level. 
Hamilton Hamilton Verso Q20 Compact automated −20 °C sample store for tubes and plates. 
HighRes Biosolutions HiRes Stores HighRes AmbiStore carousel and MicroServe labware storage. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific KingFisher Flex 96 Magnetic bead purification — up to 96 samples per run, disposable tip combs. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific KingFisher Presto Magnetic bead purification — 96 or 24 samples, run a full protocol or a single step. 
LiCONiC LiCONiC Incubators StoreX STX carousel incubators — temperature and CO₂ setpoints, climate monitoring. 
LiCONiC LiCONiC LPX220 Ambient plate hotel — 220 plates, four integration orientations. 
Room Temperature Hotels Passive ambient plate racks — 5-position and 10-position, random access. Robotic movers
Section titled “Robotic movers”
Brooks Automation PF400 with Rail Brooks PreciseFlex 400 — four-axis collaborative lab robot, with an optional linear rail. 
Planar Motor Planar Motion Tile Planar Motor maglev table — levitating carriers move plates between tile locations. Plate handling
Section titled “Plate handling”
Azenta Life Sciences a4S Sealer Roll heat sealer — sub-15-second cycle, plate heights 3–60 mm, no air supply. 
AltemisLab AlteCap Swift CELL Full-rack screw-cap decapper for SBS tube racks. 
Hamilton DeCapper Hamilton LabElite — decap and recap 24/48/96 tube racks, with tube ID reading. Hamilton MFX2.0 Serial enclosure-door monitor that gates schedule resumption.
Hamilton Hamilton Waste Chute Labware disposal — a plate placed on the chute is removed from the system. 
Azenta Life Sciences IntelliXcap 48 Azenta 48-format screw-cap decapper/recapper. 
Azenta Life Sciences IntelliXcap 96 Azenta 96-format screw-cap decapper/recapper — full rack in one cycle. 
Agilent PlateLoc Agilent thermal sealer — 30–200 °C, approximately 8 seconds per plate. 
UK Robotics Qi TurnStation Driven plate reorientation station — a turntable that presents the plate to the robot. 
Scinomix Sci-Print MP2 Benchtop print-and-apply barcode labeler for microplates and deep well blocks. UK Robotics Static 3-Position ROS Static reorientation station, three fixed positions, no motor.
UK Robotics Static 4-Position ROS Static reorientation station, four fixed positions, no motor.
Azenta Life Sciences XPeel Automated plate seal remover — up to 200 seals per hour. Centrifuges
Section titled “Centrifuges”
BioNex Solutions Bionex HiG3 Up to 5,000 g, 100 g imbalance tolerance, robot-accessible buckets. 
BioNex Solutions Bionex HiG4 Up to 4,000 g, Peltier-cooled, 50 g imbalance tolerance, robot-accessible buckets. 
Agilent VSpin + Access Agilent microplate centrifuge — 3-second cycle, two carriers, stackable. Thermal cyclers
Section titled “Thermal cyclers”
Thermo Fisher Scientific Automated Thermal Cycler (ATC) 96-well PCR cycler with automated lid, built for robot decks. 
INHECO INHECO ODTC On-deck thermal cycler — +4 to +99 °C, heating to 5.0 K/sec, automatic lid. 
Thermo Fisher Scientific QuantStudio qPCR Thermo Fisher QuantStudio 7 Pro — full run lifecycle, queue and results retrieval. 
Analytik Jena TRobot Analytik Jena Biometra TRobot / TRobot II — gradient blocks, gripper access from three sides. Mixers, washers, balances
Section titled “Mixers, washers, balances”
QINSTRUMENTS BioShake & ColdPlate QInstruments shaking to 3,000 rpm and temperature control below ambient. 
BlueCatBio BlueCombiX Centrifuge and tipless centrifugal washer in one. 
CYTENA C.WASH Centrifugal microplate washer — no needles or tips. 
Agilent EL406 Washer Dispenser BioTek washer dispenser — runs onboard wash programs by name. 
Agilent ELx405 Plate Washer BioTek washer — deep-well and standard plates, onboard or LHC protocols. Temperature control
Section titled “Temperature control”
AltemisLab AltemisLab Thawing Station SBS tube rack thawer that pulls air through the rack — cycles driven from a schedule. 
Hamilton Hamilton Heater Cooler Plate temperature control from 0 °C to 110 °C, one deck position. 
Hamilton Hamilton Heater Shaker Heating to 105 °C and shaking to 2500 rpm in one deck position. 
Hamilton Hamilton Incubator Shaker Independent multi-plate incubation to 60 °C, shaking to 1200 rpm. 
Hamilton Hamilton Shaker Heater Cooler Combined shaking and heating/cooling deck module. 
INHECO INHECO Thermoshake AC Heating, cooling and shaking via TEC Control — 4–70 °C, to 3000 rpm. Sample preparation
Section titled “Sample preparation”
Hamilton Hamilton [MPE]² Positive-pressure SPE to 100 psi, evaporation to 60 °C. 
Hamilton Hamilton Cell Care FLASK Automated T-flask feeding, passaging and harvesting in a closed fluidic system. 
Porvair Sciences Porvair Ultravap Mistral Blowdown evaporator for microplates, with a plate shuttle for automated loading. Barcode readers
Section titled “Barcode readers”
AltemisLab AlteRead SBS Rack Reader Camera reader for 2D-coded tubes in SBS racks. 
Datalogic Datalogic DS2100N Fixed-mount laser scanner, 50–300 mm, up to 1000 scans/s. 
Ziath DP5 Mirage Low-profile camera reader for 2D DataMatrix-coded tubes in SBS-format racks. Signal beacons
Section titled “Signal beacons” Qlight Qlight ST56EL Beacon Ø56 mm USB signal tower — red, yellow, green plus sounder.
Werma Werma 640 Beacon KombiSIGN 71 USB 5-tier signal tower (640.840.00). Werma Werma 816 Beacon Werma 816 USB RGB LED status beacon.
Integrations & SDK
Section titled “Integrations & SDK”Don’t see your instrument? The Open-Source Driver Kit is the path to adding any device with a documented control protocol. Pull requests and driver contributions welcome.