escabot

A FastAPI-based wrapper for an Opentrons robot that provides an asynchronous interface.

This means that you can (hopefully safely):

• thermocycle while pipetting somewhere else
• cool the temperature module and the thermocycler at the same time
• add labware definitions at runtime that don't persist
• and perhaps more

You can also simulate an Opentrons robot by setting the environment variables SKIP_WAITING=true USE_VIRTUAL_HARDWARE=true while running the server.

Should you use this?

Probably not right now! It is unstable, buggy, and subject to design change.

Future goals:

• add heater shaker support
• continue wringing out the bugs
• 96-channel support?
• OT-2 support if someone wants to give me an OT-2