Laboratories are being increasingly automated. In small laboratories individual processes can be fully automated, but this is usually not economically viable. Nevertheless, individual process steps can be performed by flexible, mobile robots to relieve the laboratory staff. As a contribution to the requirements in a life science laboratory the mobile, dextrous robot Kevin was designed by the Fraunhofer IPA research institute in Stuttgart, Germany. Kevin is a mobile service robot which is able to fulfill non-value adding activities such as transportation of labware. This paper gives an overview of Kevin's functionalities, its development process, and presents a preliminary study on how its lights and sounds improve user interaction.
翻译：实验室越来越趋于自动化。在小型实验室中，可以完全自动化的单个过程，但这通常在经济上不可行。然而，柔性、移动机器人可以执行个别工艺步骤，以减轻实验室工作人员的负担。作为对生命科学实验室需求的贡献，德国斯图加特Fraunhofer IPA研究所设计了移动手臂机器人Kevin。Kevin是一款移动服务机器人，可以执行非增值活动，如实验室器皿的运输。本文概述了Kevin的功能、其开发过程，并通过一项初步研究展示其灯光和声音如何改善用户交互。
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