Refine unit ops and workflows on homepage #489
Description
Some of this is already represented on the homepage, but put together a separate list and wanted to make sure the below content is represented on the homepage, and that links to specific subpages and/or code locations are included as necessary / where it makes sense
Unit operations:
- Solid dispensing (trickler-based, large volumes, 1 mg and 0.1 mg accuracy)
- Solid dispensing (Mettler Toledo, XPR autodoser system, 0.01 mg)
- Liquid handling (OT-2, OT-Flex, Digital Pipette, peristaltic pumps)
- Viscosity estimation (OT-Flex pipette pressure sensor with custom algorithm)
- Bioreactor chamber - heating, stirring, media exchange, gas flow, optical measurements (Pioreactor, Chi.Bio)
- Electrolyte conductivity (Mettler Toledo sensor)
- Automated transmission microscopy (OpenFlexure)
- Automated reflection microscopy (OpenFlexure)
- Automated vial capping / decapping (DH Robotics capper/decapper demo)
- Vision-enabled 6DOF arm and gripper (Elephant Robotics)
- Potentiostat measurements - chronoamperometry, constant voltage voltammetry, etc. (Rodeostat, Squidstat)
- FDM 3D printing (Bambulab X1E)
- SLA 3D printing (Formlabs 3L, Formlabs Form Auto)
- Chocolate 3D printing (Cocoa Press)
- Scanning electron microscopy (Hitachi TM-4000II)
- Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printing (AO A30 Metal 3D Printer)
- Equipment monitoring (livestream cameras)
- Automated vial turntables (FluxGarage)
Training workflows
- Hello World RGB color matching (i.e., light-mixing kits with microcontroller)
- Liquid RYB color matching (OT-2 with wireless charging color sensor tool)
- Titration using baking soda and citric acid (Atlas Scientific pH meter in combination with liquid handler)
- Yeast growth optimization (Pioreactor)
- Vision-enabled filament-based print parameter optimization (BambuLab A1 Mini with custom toolhead camera)
- Vision-enabled optimization of chocolate 3D print parameters (Cocoa Press with custom toolhead camera / 3D reconstruction modules)
- Mechanical property optimization of printed resin lattices (Formlabs Form Auto with custom tensile testing module)
- Mechanical property optimization of 3D printed alloy powders (powder dosing, atomization [external], AO A30 metal printer, tensile testing [external])
- Large-scale image stitching of heart tissue (OpenFlexure transmission microscope with educational biology slides)
- AprilTag image recognition for free-coded robot path planning (Elephant Robotics arm, camera, label printer)
Research workflows:
- Alkaline Catalysis Lifecycle Testing - adjust the stress-cycling conditions of a nickel electrode in a KOH solution to investigate the cause of catalyst degredation
- Battery slurry viscosity optimization - using OT-Flex pipette pressure sensor and custom algorithm