THE DECADE OF THE RABiT (2005-15)

We present here a brief historical overview of the RABiT program at Columbia University from its inception in 2005 until the RABiT was dismantled at the end of 2015. The main focus of this paper is to demonstrate how the biological assays drove development of the custom robotic systems and in turn new advances in commercial robotic platforms inspired small modifications in the assays to allow replacing customized robotics with ‘off the shelf’ systems. Currently, a second-generation, RABiT II, system at Columbia University, consisting of a PerkinElmer cell::explorer, was programmed to perform the RABiT assays and is undergoing testing and optimization studies.

Source: Radiation Protection Dosimetry - December 22, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Garty, G., Turner, H. C., Salerno, A., Bertucci, A., Zhang, J., Chen, Y., Dutta, A., Sharma, P., Bian, D., Taveras, M., Wang, H., Bhatla, A., Balajee, A., Bigelow, A. W., Repin, M., Lyulko, O. V., Simaan, N., Yao, Y. L., Brenner, D. J. Tags: Paper Source Type: research