Patent ID: 8652829

Claim:
An automated and robotized platform including a battery of micro-fermentors having a useful culture volume ranging from 2 mL to 500 mL, each configured to contain a cell culture, the robotized platform comprising: a fork shaped mobile sensor holder configured to receive at least two external sensors, the mobile sensor holder including a sensor moving element configured to move the external sensors from one of the micro-fermentors to another of the micro-fermentors and to allow the real time measurement of a turbidity property of each cell culture contained in each micro-fermentor; a monitoring and processing element configured to receive, in real time measurements, the optical property from the external sensor and to monitor, in real time, a movement of the mobile sensor holder, and a system configured to regulate a temperature of each micro-fermentor including a Peltier effect autonomous regulating system, the regulation of the temperature by Peltier effect being independent and programmable for each micro-fermentor, at a temperature range of −5° C. to 80° C., wherein each of the at least two external sensors includes a turbidity-measuring sensor including an emitting diode and a receiving diode and is situated at a different height on the mobile sensor holder.