The Biomek family of robots have been integrated with third party devices for years. Beckman Coulter have a dedicated department that integrates custom and new devices made by Beckman and other manufacturers to physically and virtually connect with Biomek robots and software. This department is called Integrated Solutions and they compliment the Biomek range to such an extent that multi instrument installations are one of Beckman Coulter’s key competences in liquid handling versus their competitors. If an installation requires a bespoke solution, Beckman rely on this department to engineer a solution.