摘要 |
<p>In a robotic store (1) for storing microplates carrying a plurality of sample tubes, the robotic store (1) comprises a freezer room (10) having a plurality of freezing units (100) and a first robot (16) being capable of removing a microplate from and moving a microplate into a said freezing unit (100). The first robot (16) is further capable of transferring the microplate to a processing station (111), wherein the microplates are stored in the freezing units (100) such that a plurality of microplates are arranged one above the other in a microplate recipient (103). The robotic store (1) comprises at least one processing room (11, 13) and means (15) for thermally separating the processing room (11, 13) from the freezer room (10). Each processing room (11, 13) comprises a processing station (111) having at least one tube transfer module (115) as well as a second robot (112) for moving the microplates between the microplate recipients (103) and said at least one tube transfer module (115). The first robot (16) is designed such that it is only capable of removing a said microplate recipient (103) from and moving it into a said freezing unit (100) as well as of transferring it from a said freezing unit (100) to a processing station (111) or vice versa.
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