Webinar
Opentrons 8.0 software release - new features for Flex and OT-2 users
On-demand Webinar
Watch this special webinar to see a live demo of the suite of capabilities Opentrons is releasing with the upcoming 8.0 App and Robot Software update. The demo is a showcase a range of exciting new features, including our new authorship tool, Quick Transfer, which is based entirely on the Flex Touchscreen and allows for a unique, true walkup experience to execute basic liquid handling tasks, such as plate filling, reformatting and stamping.
Highlights of the Opentrons 8.0 software release include:
Flex only:
- Quick Transfer: walk-up, touchscreen control for individual pipetting steps
- Liquid level detection: automatically immerse pipette tips at just the right height
- Error recovery: no need to abandon a protocol if the robot senses a missing liquid
OT-2 and Flex:
- Partial tip pickup: for when you don’t want to use every channel on your pipette
- CSV file integration from the Flex touchscreen or Opentrons App for Flex and OT-2
Who should watch:
- Current Opentrons users who want to learn more about the 8.0 software release.
- Opentrons users who want to learn how to program CSVs as runtime parameters on the Opentrons Flex and OT-2.
- Current Flex users that want to automate individual pipetting steps using only the touchscreen
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Speakers
Nick Ritzo
Product Specialist, Opentrons Labworks
Nick, a former benchtop scientist turned self-proclaimed liquid handling enthusiast, holds a deep belief that lab automation needs to be scientist focused and applications centric. Drawing on a technical engineering background formed by roles as a technical field service expert and lead applications scientist with a passion for sharing this knowledge, Nick brings extensive experience to empower the use of laboratory automation.