The Hudson SOLO™ is a low cost, flexible and easy-to-use automated pipettor. Available in single, 8 and 12 channel pipette options the SOLO automated pipettor can be programmed to do anything expected of a hand-held pipettor, with greatly improved precision (see the Specifications tab):
 

• The SOLO takes minutes to learn to use
• Easy-to-use, agile and flexible software
• As precise as any ‘big deck’ robotic liquid handler

Simply set up the liquid handling steps in intuitive SOLOSoft control software and go. Equipped with a broad dynamic volume range and the ability to handle reactions in a sterile environment. It is about half the cost of other laboratory robotics platforms and has options of 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 microplate nests on the deck.  The SOLO will fit into most biological safety cabinets, anaerobic chambers and fume hoods. The SOLO can be loaded and operated manually, but is also compatible with robotic arms from most manufacturers, including our PlateCrane EX. The small footprint and open design of the SOLO automated pipettor provides easy integration with accessories, such as heating and cooling nests, incubators, magnetic bead nests, automatable centrifuges, microplate readers and more. Our SoftLinx lab automation software has software Plug-ins to over 200 3^rd party lab instruments. 

The SOLO liquid handler was developed to meet the growing need throughout the research, pharmaceutical and clinical communities for a high resolution compact robotic pipettor. The SOLO’s liquid handling provides researchers with walkaway freedom, a small footprint, and easy to use SOLOSoft software which is closely linked to our SoftLinx™ software for data tracking and scheduling, plus improved efficiency and decreased cost of continuous unattended operation.

The SOLO – multi-tip is available with either an 8-tip pipette head or 12-tip pipette head.  The SOLO is standard with a 6 position deck. No worries if you need to transfer samples quickly from plate to plate and then other times do a serial dilution across the plate.  The SOLO easily adapts without any tools to both heads. Use the 12-tip head to finish plate to plate transfers 50% faster than the 8-tip head, remove the head and add the 8 position head for easy serial dilutions.

Users who wish to cherry-pick from individual wells can use either the single-tip SOLO (as shown in the video clip below) or the multi-tip configuration.  The SOLO multi-tip (both 8-channel and 12-channel) can work with just 1 tip, several tips, or all the tips without any issues. There is no need to switch to a single tip pipette head. 

The SOLO mutli-tip offers a broad pipetting range. The mechanical drive and software controls of the pipette head allow the SOLO to push the boundaries of pipetting performance. With CVs of less than 3% across the entire pipetting range users can save valuable time and expense by using a single pipette head for both multi-tip and single-tip operations. 

The SOLO automated pipettors provide many benefits to the lab:

• Single-, 8- & 12-channel pipetting heads are available.
• The 8- & 12-channel SOLO instruments can use only 1 tip without compromising performance saving valuable time and expense.
• The SOLO offers many pipetting option to give the SOLO user the ability to dispense accurate  volumes (from 500nL to 10ml) with CVs better than 3%.
• A 6 position deck is standard, offering 50% more capacity.
• The SOLO offers email functionality in the software that alerts the user when a run is completed or that an error has occurred.
• The SOLO can easily be integrated with additional instruments and software at anytime.
• The SOLO is easily customized for unique or specialized applications.

Applications:

The SOLO is the ideal automated pipettor for a wide variety of applications. The SOLO offers the fully developed applications including: 

• Serial Dilutions
• Next Gen Sequencing (NGS)
• Gene assembly
• DNA extraction
• DNA Normalization
• ELISAs
• Serial Dilutions
• Hit Picking
• Kinase Assays