Abstract: End effector assemblies according to the present disclosure include a tool body mounted to a robotic arm and an impedance-measuring tip coupled to the tool body. The impedance-measuring tip defines a first volume to receive a fluid and a first dispensing outlet for dispensing the fluid. The impedance-measuring tip includes an impedance-measuring sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a change in impedance. A tip extension is fluidically coupled to the impedance-measuring tip that defines a second volume for receiving the fluid. A camera is coupled to the tool body and configured to capture image data of the second volume that captures at least a visual representation of a number of cells or other objects in the second volume. A pump is coupled to the impedance-measuring tip to dispense the fluid from the first volume into the second volume and from the second volume into a receptacle.

Abstract: Methods and systems including a measurement device and a smart mobile device including a camera, a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use the camera of the smart mobile device to capture an image of a remote product; apply a sizing algorithm to the image of the remote product to generate a relative product size; generate a relative distance to the remote product through the measurement device; and apply triangulation and linear regression algorithms to generate an automated actual product measurement of the remote product based on the relative product size and the relative distance.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a system for detecting defects in a printed construct includes one or more processors, one or more image sensors, and one or more memory modules. The one or more image sensors are communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. Machine readable instructions are stored on the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to collect image data of a three-dimensional printed construct from the one or more image sensors, and detect one or more defects within the image data of the three-dimensional printed construct.

Abstract: Methods and systems including a measurement device and a smart mobile device including a camera, a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use the camera of the smart mobile device to capture an image of a remote product; apply a sizing algorithm to the image of the remote product to generate a relative product size; generate a relative distance to the remote product through the measurement device; and apply triangulation and linear regression algorithms to generate an automated actual product measurement of the remote product based on the relative product size and the relative distance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermally driven pumps. More specifically, one embodiment of the present invention relates to the use of a thermoelectric material to create a thermally driven, bi-directional pump, such as a micro pump, with no moving parts using the thermal transpiration effect (a Knudsen pump). One embodiment of the thermally driven pump of the present invention utilizes a thermoelectric material to assist with the thermal transpiration process resulting in a substantially symmetrical, bidirectional pump. A thermoelectric module is used to induce a temperature gradient across a nanoporous article having at least one nanochannel thus creating fluid flow via thermal transpiration across the nanochannel.