TY - JOUR AB - Reports on the opening, in May 1995, of North West Water’s new water testing laboratory in Warrington. It is the first automated laboratory in the world, with 85 per cent of the company’s water tests involving the use of robots and providing 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year production line testing. Uses standard industrial systems and robots and which have been customized to carry out more than 60 water sampling tests. Outlines the sampling procedure from collection through analysis to storage of the test results on a central computer. VL - 15 IS - 3 SN - 0260-2288 DO - 10.1108/02602289510795969 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/02602289510795969 AU - Evans Tony PY - 1995 Y1 - 1995/01/01 TI - The world’s first automated laboratory comes on line T2 - Sensor Review PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 28 EP - 30 Y2 - 2024/04/16 ER -