A fluid transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus for treating one or more tissue samples disposed on slides, the apparatus including a plurality of slide treatment modules arranged to receive ones of the slides, the fluid transport system including: a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively, wherein the fluid dispensing robot includes: a fluid dispensing head having one or more probes extending therefrom, each of the probes having a body with one or more channels arranged to receive one of the reagents to be dispensed, wherein each of the reagents to be dispensed are pumped from a plurality of corresponding reagent containers via a pumping means configured by the controller, wherein the fluid dispensing robot is configured to select one of the probes and/or one of the channels for a selected one of the reagents and to dispense said selected one of the reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules, and wherein the fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to move the fluid dispensing head having the one or more probes in x, y and z axes with a driving means to locate said selected one of the probes in a position relative to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules to dispense said selected one of the reagents, and the fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to rotably move the fluid dispensing head around a θ axis with the driving means. a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively, wherein the fluid dispensing robot includes: a fluid dispensing head having one or more probes extending therefrom, each of the probes having a body with one or more channels arranged to receive one of the reagents to be dispensed, wherein each of the reagents to be dispensed are pumped from a plurality of corresponding reagent containers via a pumping means configured by the controller, wherein the fluid dispensing robot is configured to select one of the probes and/or one of the channels for a selected one of the reagents and to dispense said selected one of the reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules, and wherein the fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to move the fluid dispensing head having the one or more probes in x, y and z axes with a driving means to locate said selected one of the probes in a position relative to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules to dispense said selected one of the reagents, and the fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to rotably move the fluid dispensing head around a θ axis with the driving means. a fluid dispensing head having one or more probes extending therefrom, each of the probes having a body with one or more channels arranged to receive one of the reagents to be dispensed, wherein each of the reagents to be dispensed are pumped from a plurality of corresponding reagent containers via a pumping means configured by the controller, wherein the fluid dispensing robot is configured to select one of the probes and/or one of the channels for a selected one of the reagents and to dispense said selected one of the reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules, and wherein the fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to move the fluid dispensing head having the one or more probes in x, y and z axes with a driving means to locate said selected one of the probes in a position relative to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules to dispense said selected one of the reagents, and the fluid dispensing robot is configured by the controller to rotably move the fluid dispensing head around a θ axis with the driving means.