About Flow Robotics
Who we are
At Flow Robotics our pride and joy is liquid handling automation that everyone can use.
Flow Robotics was spun out of the IT University of Copenhagen in 2015 with the vision that automation should be more intuitive, flexible, and affordable.
Our liquid handler, flowbot® ONE, embodies these exact qualities, enabling you to empower your lab and achieve an effortless workflow with state-of-the-art technology.
We specialize in simplifying scientific workflows in labs around the world, specifically in applications such as PCR, qPCR, NGS and Biobanking.
Our products are designed, developed, and produced in our Copenhagen Head Quarters, and we have distributors and local support all over the world.
Our values
History
2023: Flow Robotics has appointed Kim Christiansen as the new CEO
May 30, 2023
The Board of Directors at Flow Robotics has appointed Kim Christiansen as the new CEO of Flow Robotics. Kim has been CEO at Mikkelsen Electronics for the past six years and succeeds Annika Isaksson with the aim of unlocking the company’s international commercial potential.
2023: Flow Robotics takes sample traceability to the next level
April 11, 2023
Flow Robotics, has added a new addition to their product family: ScanID – a game-changing scanning device for tracking sample tubes.
ScanID’s patent-pending technology offers both 1D and 2D scanning on one device and can scan an entire rack of sample tubes in one go.
2021: Automata and Flow Robotics collaboration
November 2021
End-to-end automation of lab workflow is now possible as Automata and Flow Robotics has teamed up and integrated the robot arm, Eva, with flowbot® ONE. In the workflow, Eva tends to flowbot® ONE by switching its racks continuously while it performs pipetting tasks.
2021: Establishment of Flow Robotics Inc.
2021: Winner of DIRA Technology Award 2021
August 2021
The Award is given to honor a unique and innovative Danish technology product with great market potential, scalability and cutting-edge technology. The Jury’s reason for awarding Flow Robotics:
“User-friendly is key to this robot. Scalability and the multiple usage of the robot is definitely something Flow Robotics has considered in their flowbot® ONE. This is why we chose Flow Robotics as winner of the DIRA Technology award 2021” Read the article here
2021: Væksfonden invests in Flow Robotics
May 2021
2020: Collaboration with LabHelp in the Netherlands
November 2020
About distribution of flowbot® ONE
2020: Collaboration with Lab SE in Sweden
April 2020
About distribution of flowbot® ONE
2020: flowbot® ONE installed at Danish hospitals
March 2020
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the demand for more fast and efficient test setups increased significantly and Flow Robotics stepped into the fight. Several flowbot® ONEs are now installed and running in Danish Hospital labs and in one lab in Germany preparing COVID-19 samples.
2019: Collaboration with VWR
September 2019
Flow Robotics collaborates with VWR as a co-distributor of flowbot® ONE. Together with the team at Flow Robotics, VWR represents and undertakes distribution of flowbot® ONE and enables Flow Robotics to be closer to the customers on a growing market.
2018: Flowbot® ONE installed at University College Copenhagen
November 2018
Robot technology will be part of the education for laboratory technicians at the University College Copenhagen – flowbot® ONE will from November 2018 be used for that purpose in exercises and projects.
2018: Delivery of flowbot® ONE to customers
October 2018
Flowbot® ONE was delivered to first movers customers in October 2018 – the robot was running the same day of the delivery!
2018: Collaboration with DANDIAG established
September 2018
From September 2018 DANDIAG will handle calibration and service of the pipette modules before delivery and periodically.
2018: Launch of flowbot® ONE
August 2018
In August 2018 flowbot® ONE was launched, from the beginning there was high interest in the robot and the possibilities with it.
Read more in these articles by the IT-University of Copenhagen and Dansk Kemi.
2017: Investment – Markedsmodningsfonden
October 2017
2017: Demo robot ready for pilot customers
April 2017
The demo version of the robot finalized and installed at pilot customers at a university and at a biotech company.
Read more in this article by Ingeniøren.
2016: Investment – Innovationsfonden
2015: Establishment of Flow Robotics
December 2015
Kasper Støy and Andres Faina founded and started the company as a spin out from the IT University, Copenhagen, Link.
Mentions
Automated labs: A new generation of digital equipment is changing the workflow for laboratory technicians Techsavy October 2022
Flow Robotics removes automation barriers with pipetting robot – Easy Engineering, May 2022
Capital raise in Flow Robotics – Kapitalwatch, May 2022 (in Danish)
Pipetterobotten fandt nye veje – Ingeniøren, Dec 2021
Behind the machine – Flow Robotics featured in Easy Engineering, Nov 2021
Flow Robotics Brings flowbot® ONE Pipetting Robot to North America – Robotics 24/7
Flow Robotics mentioned in article in MedicoTeknik – in Danish
Flow Robotics brings its automated pipetting robot to North America – Robotics and Automation
Flow Robotics Brings Automated Pipetting Robot to North America – Business wire
Flow Robotics – Making labautomation accessable to all – in Easy Engineering Magazine
Nomineret til DIRA Teknologi Prisen 2021, June 2021 – Read the article
Robot-selskab får penge til global udrulning in MedWatch, May 2021 – Read the article here
Corona åbner nyt marked for robotkomet in Børsen, May 2021
Using robots in laboratories during covid-19 outbreak in Robotics & Automation Magazine March 2021 – Read the article
Flow Robotics featured in Easy Engineering Magazine
“Kasper Støy and Flow Robotics is an example of how Danish research, innovation and entrepreneurship combined can reach a higher level and revolutionise production.” – Ulla Tørnæs, 2016, Former Minister for Higher Education and Science, Denmark (Link)
Danish Robots for laboratory work go global – Børsen (Article in Danish)
Biopeople: Profile of the month: Flow Robotics
Ingeniøren: Universal-medstifter bygger brugervenlige
laboratorierobotter
DR.DK: Dansk robotpionér slår til igen
Berlingske Business: Dansk forsker rykker ud i nyt roboteventyr
Finans: Universal Robots-stifter får millioner til
nyt roboteventyr
Healthcare Denmark: Danish robot to revolutionize lab workflows
Medwatch: Dansk forsker får millioner til nyt roboteventyr
Trendsonline: Robot spin-out fra IT-Universitet skal revolutionere
laboratoriearbejde