MX3 Robot

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MX3 will have users from all over the world! They can send us their samples, and our robot will mount them in front of the X-ray beam so data can be collected.

MX samples are stored in tiny loops on the tips of ‘sample pins’ like this one.

Image description: A very close up photo of a crystal sample pin held in a scientist’s fingers. The pin is a copper rod holding a wisp of nylon, smaller than the point of a ballpoint pen.

The MX3 robot can hold 464 sample pins at once.

Image description: The MX3 robot dewar empty of liquid nitrogen, with 29 multicoloured puck bases loaded.

The MX3 robot has tube-shaped grippers to pick up sample pins.

The gripper has two tubes so the robot can swap samples even faster!

Image description: One photo of the big yellow robot of MX3, it has googly eyes attached and resembles an insect or bird. It has two hollow tubes extending from its ‘head’ that sit flush next to each other for picking up and putting down sample pins.