Robotics & Motion

Our motion team designs precision actuation, robotics, and automation for sample handling, assay processing, and laboratory automation. We design for repeatability, service life, and reliability so the system runs consistently across years of duty in clinical and industrial environments.

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Our approach

Motion is one of the most failure-prone subsystems in any instrument and one of the most rewarding to get right. Our motion team designs precision actuation, robotics, and automation for diagnostics, sample handling, and laboratory robotics. The systems that decide whether a clinical lab can actually run twenty-four hours a day.

We design for the second-order problems: thermal drift over an eight-hour run, wear over a hundred-thousand-cycle service life, vibration coupling into an optical path two inches away, and the service procedure a field engineer has to execute in a customer’s basement at 2 a.m.

Why Invetech

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multi-axis motion systems shipped

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Cycles validated in accelerated life testing

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instruments running 24/7 in commercial labs

Wear, lubrication drift, thermal expansion at the optical interface, the service procedure at year five. All in the design intent from week one, not added on after a field issue. The instruments we ship run twenty-four hours a day in clinical labs because they were designed to.

Areas of Expertise

Linear & Rotary Motion

Precision linear stages, rotary axes, and integrated multi-axis assemblies, designed for repeatability under load and over life.

Robotics & Multi-Axis Systems

Cartesian, SCARA, and custom robotic systems for sample handling, plate movement, and assay automation.

Drives & Control

Servo, stepper, and direct-drive motor selection, drive electronics, and motion control architecture, tuned for the trajectory the application actually needs.

Precision Sample Handling

Pipetting, plate handling, gripping, and singulation systems, designed around the consumables and chemistries you ship.

Reliability & Lifecycle Engineering

Wear, lubrication, thermal, and vibration analysis, supported by accelerated life testing protocols that map to a real service interval.

Client Outcomes

Product Strategy

Explore strategic possibilities, define a purposeful vision and a path to realization

Worfklow Transformation
Co-creation Workshops
Product & Feature Roadmapping

We partnered with Hologic to reimagine cervical cancer diagnosis user experience with an Al assisted digital cytology workflow

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Research & Human Factors

Uncover unmet user needs and assess usability within healthcare environments

Discovery Research
Usability Evaluations
Human Factors Engineering

Global molecular diagnostics client

We helped a health-tech business to iteratively design and test usability of a Point of Care device for use in multiple US healthcare settings.

Concept Visualizations

Visualize ideas to inspire and align your stakeholders

Digital Design
Industrial Design
Virtual Reality Experiences

Design Challenge

We imagined the future vision of a 2030 sepsis diagnosis laboratory

Product Design & Implementation

Design and deliver physical and digital offerings to your customers

Interaction Design
UI/UX (User Experience)
Styling

We worked together with Leica Biosystems to desian, develop and realize the physical interactions and styling of the BOND-PRIME

Related Capabilities

Device Master Record Management

We standardized documentation and shared processes to support a more seamless transfer into manufacturing reducing overhead

Continuous Improvement & Lean Manufacturing

Our Business System (Invetech Business Excellence - IBX) is part of Invetech’s DNA, shaping how we

Value Analysis & Value Engineering

Improve manufacturability, strengthen performance and reduce total cost without compromising quality.

Design for Manufacture & Assembly

Manufacturing engineers are involved from day one so designs are optimized for yield, cost, quality, and

Regulatory Ready

Invetech delivers regulatory ready development and manufacturing solutions for diagnostics, medtech and cell & gene therapies,

Electronics

Design for custom analog, digital, and power electronics that meet the performance, reliability, and compliance demands

Experience Design

Designing transformative human-centered experiences and products that advance diagnostics, medical devices, life sciences and cell therapy.

Software

Our software team builds the full stack, including embedded firmware, instrument control software, touchscreen and desktop

Strategic Program Management

With the shared goal of making your product a success, we allow the flexibility to change

Temperature Control

The ever-increasing sensitivity of the technologies within healthcare requires matching improvements in thermal control and detection

Systems Engineering

Systems engineering is incredibly important and needs to be implemented from the start. It’s the guide

Product Lifecycle Management

We have a proven track record of successfully designing and integrating fluidic systems within products ranging

Consumable Design

Microfluidic cartridge design plays a key role in the successful development of a complete IVD system

Housing & Structure

Many product designs have one thing in common, there are a collection of devices that need

Fluidics

We have a proven track record of successfully designing and integrating fluidic systems within products ranging

Optics

Invetech has a strong and dynamic optical capability developed over many years and many dozens of

Have a motion problem we can help you solve?

Tell us the trajectory, the duty cycle, and the service expectation. We’ll bring the team that’s done it before.

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