FIGURE 3. The automated production line for sample preparation at the Whitehead Institute, Center for Genome Research.
From the following article:
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
and International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium
Nature 409, 860-921(15 February 2001)
The system consists of custom-designed factory-style conveyor belt robots that perform all functions from purifying DNA from bacterial cultures through setting up and purifying sequencing reactions.