COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS COULD HELP DELIVER VACCINES AT SCALE

摘要

When, or if, an effective Covid-19 vaccine is discovered, the next major challenge will be to scale up its development, clinical trials and manufacture to unparalleled levels says the Cambridge-based industrial design and product development partnership between Design Momentum and Plextek. The two companies are working together to develop technology for a new range of lab-based collaborative robots to improve scale-up capabilities There is a pressing commercial need for new collaborative robots that can automate and semi-automate many of the manual processes involved in handling a variety of consumables. The process will also support Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials, serving to accelerate the time to market.