Constraints:
1- Learning Python for the robot
2- Limited cost to doing this
3- Minimum Error
4- The inability of the robot to accurately plate culture samples
Criteria:
1 - Being able to automate each sample for $1-$2
2 - Being able to automate (at a desirable minimum) of 12 samples at a time
3 - <5% error when plating cell samples on agar plates)
Standards:
ISO 9001 Quality management
ISO 11.080.01 Sterilization and Disinfection in General
Open standards requirement for software
Good laboratory practices (GLP)