An automated system for treating one or more tissue samples disposed on slides, the system comprising: a controller; a plurality of slide treatment modules arranged to receive respective ones of the slides; at least one fluid dispensing robot configured by the controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said respective ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules via an output nozzle disposed on the at least one fluid dispensing robot to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively; and at least one pumping means (48; 26,28) for pumping said reagents to the output nozzle of the at least one fluid dispensing robot from a plurality of reagent containers comprising said reagents; wherein the at least one fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to dispense said reagents in a predetermined sequence for each of the slide treatment modules to treat the one or more tissue samples disposed on each of the slides independently, wherein the at least one fluid dispensing robot comprises a fluid transfer probe, FTP, robot configured by the controller to dispense a plurality of high value reagents to said respective ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules via an FTP nozzle disposed on the FTP robot to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively, characterized in that the FTP robot comprises a first syringe pumping means and a second syringe pumping means, having different pump capacities, arranged to aspirate and dispense said high value reagents independently to/from the FTP nozzle from a plurality of high value reagent containers comprising said high value reagents according to said predetermined sequence, the first syringe pumping means and the second syringe pumping means used for different high value reagents, wherein the first syringe pumping means and the second syringe pumping means are disposed in series and comprise bypass valves operable such that the first and the second syringe pumping means are arranged to aspirate and dispense said high value reagents independently. a controller; a plurality of slide treatment modules arranged to receive respective ones of the slides; at least one fluid dispensing robot configured by the controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said respective ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules via an output nozzle disposed on the at least one fluid dispensing robot to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively; and at least one pumping means (48; 26,28) for pumping said reagents to the output nozzle of the at least one fluid dispensing robot from a plurality of reagent containers comprising said reagents; wherein the at least one fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to dispense said reagents in a predetermined sequence for each of the slide treatment modules to treat the one or more tissue samples disposed on each of the slides independently, wherein the at least one fluid dispensing robot comprises a fluid transfer probe, FTP, robot configured by the controller to dispense a plurality of high value reagents to said respective ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules via an FTP nozzle disposed on the FTP robot to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively, characterized in that the FTP robot comprises a first syringe pumping means and a second syringe pumping means, having different pump capacities, arranged to aspirate and dispense said high value reagents independently to/from the FTP nozzle from a plurality of high value reagent containers comprising said high value reagents according to said predetermined sequence, the first syringe pumping means and the second syringe pumping means used for different high value reagents, wherein the first syringe pumping means and the second syringe pumping means are disposed in series and comprise bypass valves operable such that the first and the second syringe pumping means are arranged to aspirate and dispense said high value reagents independently.