Qiagen BioRobot 8000 81110010 Molecular Biology Liquid Handling Workstation

Qiagen BioRobot 8000 81110010 Molecular Biology Liquid Handling Workstation

The Qiagen BioRobot 8000 is a full-scale automated liquid handling and purification workstation designed for high-throughput molecular biology workflows in research and biotech lab settings. It combines robotic XYZ gantry motion, an 8-channel pipetting head, a multi-channel syringe pump assembly, a solenoid valve array, and a large configurable deck to automate purification, dispensing, and reaction setup tasks. This unit came out of a large biotech company and appears to have had very little use based on the clean condition of the deck, pipetting components, and internal mechanics. The front cover is missing and no control computer is included; this unit is being sold as a source of parts and components.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Qiagen
• Model: BioRobot 8000
• Part Number: 81110010
• Format: 96-well compatible
• Pipetting head: 8-channel liquid handling head with independent Z-axis, spring-loaded probe guides, drive gears, and tip ejectors
• Gantry: XYZ robotic arm on linear rail assembly with servo/stepper motor drives
• Deck: Large worktable with 25+ labeled MP Slots, 4 Plate positions, Stacker Slots (21, 26), and Therm Slot with thermal module
• Syringe pump assembly: Multi-channel glass syringe manifold in right-side cabinet with rotary valve and tubing
• Solenoid valve array with green backplane PCB and wiring harness (visible in photos)
• Controller PCB: Main board with two Lattice FPGA ICs, capacitors, flat cable connectors
• Optical/barcode sensor module mounted above plate positions
• Deck layout reference cards included: Plasmid Prep Deck Layout and Ni-NTA Purification Deck Layout
• Included accessories: Vacuum Top tray, 96-well Filtration Adapter, Manifold Tray, and bagged glass syringe columns (5 units)
• Original custom shipping crate included
• Missing: front cover panel
• Not included: control computer or software
• Shipping: freight only — contact seller before purchasing for a freight quote

Applications

The BioRobot 8000 platform was designed for automated sample preparation and purification in molecular biology and genomics labs. It automates workflows including plasmid DNA purification from bacterial cultures, RNA isolation from cells and tissues, recombinant protein purification via Ni-NTA affinity columns, and reaction setup for PCR, genotyping, and sequencing projects — all in 96-well format to enable parallel processing of large sample sets. Introduced by Qiagen in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the BioRobot 8000 was widely adopted in pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic research settings where consistent, high-throughput nucleic acid and protein workflows were required. The platform uses Qiagen's reagent chemistry in combination with the robotic deck to eliminate manual pipetting steps and reduce inter-sample variability. Labs maintaining legacy Qiagen automation workflows, or seeking spare parts for an existing BioRobot 8000 installation, will find this unit a useful source of components including the pipetting head, syringe pump manifold, gantry rails, controller PCBs, solenoid valve block, and deck hardware.