Abstract: An apparatus and method for adaptive handling of slides using a robot arm. The apparatus includes at least a computing device comprised of a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a calibration procedure, wherein the calibration procedure is generated using a plurality of waypoints. The processor controls the at least a robotic arm as a function of the calibration procedure, wherein the calibration procedure is configured to cause the robotic arm to pick, using a pick waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, and place, using a place waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, a slide. The processor receives a plurality of feedback from the at least a robotic arm. The processor generates, using the plurality of feedback, an adapted pick waypoint. The memory instructs the processor to generate, using the plurality of feedback, an adapted place waypoint.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatic calibration of a robotic arm in a modular system. The apparatus includes at least a cluster configuration, at least a computing device comprising a memory and a processor, communicatively connected to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a cluster configuration input, identify at least a calibration parameter, capture a coarse pose, transmit a first waypoint sequence to at least a modular component, modify the coarse pose of at least a configurable waypoint in the waypoint template, transmit a second waypoint sequence, and display, using a display device, an output.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatic calibration of a robotic arm in a modular system. The apparatus includes at least a cluster configuration, at least a computing device comprising a memory and a processor, communicatively connected to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a cluster configuration input, identify at least a calibration parameter, capture a coarse pose, transmit a first waypoint sequence to at least a modular component, modify the coarse pose of at least a configurable waypoint in the waypoint template, transmit a second waypoint sequence, and display, using a display device, an output.

Abstract: A system for optimizing slide pick basket operations, wherein the system includes at least a robotic arm, at least a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to perform an orientation check on a plurality of slides in a pick basket, wherein performing an orientation check includes receiving visual data, identifying an orientation of a first slide of the plurality of slides as a function of the visual data, and verifying that the orientation of the first slide aligns with a system requirement, pick the first slide of the plurality of slides as a function of verifying that the orientation of the first slide aligns with the system requirement, and place the first slide at a scanner.

Abstract: A system for a slide marking technique for target tissue extraction and downstream application, the system including at least a marking device, wherein the at least a marking device is configured to image one or more unstained surfaces of a sample associated with a stained slide and mark a region of interest associated with the sample, at least a computing device including at least a processor and a memory, the computing device configured to, receive the images of the one or more unstained surfaces of the sample, receive a stained slide image of the sample, determine a geometric registration of the images of the one or more unstained surfaces of the sample to the stained slide image, determine the region of interest associated with the sample as a function of the geometric registration and provide the region of interest to the marking device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of use of a mechanism that converts rotary motion into linear motion are disclosed. The method includes mechanically connecting, using a first connecting component, a rotary component and one or more movable components, mechanically connecting, using a second connecting component, a plurality of gripping components and the one or more movable components, generating, using the rotary component, rotary motion about a rotational axis, transferring, using the first connecting component, the rotary motion to the one or more movable components, transferring, using the second connecting component, the off-axis motion of the one or more movable components to the plurality of gripping components and moving the plurality of gripping components linearly in opposite directions.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adaptive handling of slides using a robot arm. The apparatus includes at least a computing device comprised of a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a calibration procedure, wherein the calibration procedure is generated using a plurality of waypoints. The processor controls the at least a robotic arm as a function of the calibration procedure, wherein the calibration procedure is configured to cause the robotic arm to pick, using a pick waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, and place, using a place waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, a slide. The processor receives a plurality of feedback from the at least a robotic arm. The processor generates, using the plurality of feedback, an adapted pick waypoint. The memory instructs the processor to generate, using the plurality of feedback, an adapted place waypoint.

Abstract: A system for slide marking technique for target tissue extraction and downstream application includes at least a marking device configured to receive a sample associated with a stained slide, to image an unstained surface of the sample associated with the stained slide, and to mark a region of interest on the sample. The system includes at least a computing device comprising at least a processor and a memory, the computing device configured to receive a stained slide image, the computing device configured to receive the image of the unstained surface of the sample, the computing device configured to determine a geometric registration of the unstained surface of the sample to the stained slide image, wherein determining the geometric registration comprises aligning the stained slide image with the image of the unstained surface, the computing device configured to determine the annotation mask as a function of the geometric registration.