Liquid Handler Auto-Detection of Real Tip Presence

Love the idea of this feature! Added benefit is it saves tips/plastic since many people are suspicious of partial tip racks and will often opt to use a new tip rack instead. And another use case is that I have seen PLR have issues knowing if tips are picked up/present when I have used off-brand or generic tips instead of the Hamilton ones.

Can you give me an example for how I would use this function to reorder tips or consolidate between tip racks?

Similarly, does this set the stage for a function similar to a “if no tip, try again with next available tip” feature? I have not seen this VENUS function translated into PLR yet (may already be out there, just haven’t used it myself).

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