Liquid-handling Lego robots and experiments for STEM education and research

We developed Lego-based pipetting robots that reliably handle liquid volumes from one ml down to the sub-μl range and that operate on standard laboratory plasticware such as cuvettes and multi-well plates. These robots can support a range of science and chemistry experiments for education and even research. Using standard, low-cost household consumables, programming pipetting routines, and modifying robot designs enable a rich activity space. We successfully tested these activities in afterschool settings with elementary, middle, and high school learners. The simplest robot can be directly built from the widely-used Lego Education EV3 core set alone.

Fuente: https://stanford.edu/group/riedel-kruse/DIY%20materials.html