Profile: Automation Techniques Inc. specializes in hydraulic and pneumatic parts. Our product line includes variable pitch probes that allows use of 9 and 18 mm pitch labware, plate gripper for moving labware, test tube gripper, analytical balance for test tube weighing, pH & spectrophotometer detector, bar code reader, micro plate shakers or heaters, fluid probe wash station and magnetic bead separator. The patent pending vertical robot (VertiBot) concept allows lab ware to be stacked in 3D on individually actuated shelves rather than spread out over a large 2D platform. The shelves provide X-axis motion of various racks, trays, or plates while a separate robotic arm provides Y and Z-axis motion for an end-effector. We provide device analysis, process evaluation, verification and validation.