Automatic Colony Counter bacSpot Robot - Fair Condition

The bacSpot Robot: a robotic solution for automating colony counting and sorting

The bacSpot Robot from Autoimmun Diagnostika is a device that transforms the way laboratories manage the counting and processing of bacterial colonies on Petri dishes. Designed to meet the needs of high-throughput environments, this robotic system ensures complete process automation, significantly reducing human intervention and the risk of errors. With two versions adapted to 60 mm and 90 mm Petri dishes, the bacSpot Robot can process a large number of samples in a minimum amount of time, allowing laboratory teams to focus on more value-added tasks.

One of the main strengths of the bacSpot Robot is its ability to automatically and manually differentiate colonies based on size, colour, shape and other morphological parameters. This feature, combined with customisable algorithms, ensures optimal counting accuracy, even for atypical colonies. The system is capable of sorting plates according to user-defined thresholds, efficiently and quickly separating positive and negative samples.

The ergonomic design of the bacSpot Robot includes two rotating carousels for easy loading and unloading of Petri dishes. These carousels can be removed with a single movement, making them easy to handle or insert into an incubation chamber if necessary. In addition, the bacSpot Robot's compatibility with all common box types, including surface-seeded boxes, membrane filtration boxes and spiral boxes, makes it a versatile solution for many microbiological applications.

To ensure seamless integration into the digital laboratory environment, the bacSpot Robot supports data export in .csv format to LIMS systems and allows flexible data processing via Excel. It also features an integrated quality control module and complete traceability thanks to an audit trail. The quality of the lighting, whether reflected or transmitted bright field light or dark field illumination, contributes to reliable colony detection even under challenging conditions.

This robotic system is the ideal solution for laboratories looking to optimise their microbiology processes, increase efficiency and guarantee exemplary reproducibility in their analyses.

• Version BACROB096: for 60 mm Petri dishes, processing up to 200 dishes/hour and 150 dishes per series (depending on the height of the dishes)
• Version BACROB099: for 90 mm Petri dishes, processing up to 250 dishes/hour and 100 dishes per series (depending on dish height)
• Automatic and manual differentiation of colonies according to size, colour, shape and other parameters
• Customisable algorithms for adaptation to specific colony morphologies
• Automated counting for different types of boxes: surface-seeded, for membrane filtration, spiral-seeded, etc.
• Automatic sorting of boxes according to user-defined thresholds (positive/negative)
• Simple batch loading with removable carousels
• Sophisticated lighting: reflected and transmitted bright field, dark field
• Integration with LIMS systems via .csv files and flexible data export
• Traceability module with audit trail and integrated quality control
• Power supply: 120 mA @ 240 V / 160 mA @ 110 V