Forensic science exist to help the legal system in civil and criminal matters. Automation allows forensic scientists to focus on completing casework or database work instead of sample processing. Reducing hands-on purification improves the quality of results. Plus turnaround time is greatly reduced. It's just what today's forensic lab demands. That's Maxwell.
A forensic science lab dedicated 2 full-time technicians to performing manual DNA extraction. Test results lagged and criminal prosecution was back-logged.
Lab members spent significant time pipetting reagents into columns. Not to mention the numerous steps moving tubes to and from the bench-top centrifuge. All of these manual steps reduced the time available to complete cases.
Implementing automation eliminated hands-on processing. More tests could be performed yielding valid data. The lab was able to stay at the front of their case load.
