RTS生命科學(Manchester, UK)贏得了一項合同，設計安裝用于新型UK Biobank的自動機器人整合機器視覺系統(Cheadle, UK)。

該合同延續了該公司開發的原型視覺系統。完整的組分系統將在2006年第2季度投入使用，屆時將能夠完全與Biobank的軟件和數據庫整合。

UK Biobank目的是創建一個重要的支持科研的資源，以提高疾病的預防、診斷和治療，促進整個社會的保健水平。該項目將隨訪500,000患者長達30年的時間，收集整個環境、生活類型因子、與此相關的醫療記錄和生物樣本的相關信息。
 
RTS Life Sciences to Produce Robotic Blood System
 
RTS Life Sciences (Manchester, UK) has won a contract to design and install an automated robotic system incorporating machine vision for the new UK Biobank (Cheadle, UK).

The contract follows the development of a prototype vision system by the company. The full fractionation system will be commissioned in the second quarter of 2006, by which time it will be fully integrated with Biobank’s software and database.

The UK Biobank aims to build a major resource to support research that will improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness and promote health throughout society. The project will follow the health of 500,000 volunteers for up to 30 years, collecting information on environment and lifestyle actors, and linking these to medical records and biologic samples.