Upgrade Your Microscope From Manual To Motorized With An XY Stage

By Robert Haggart, Prior Scientific

Benefits of Motorized Stages

Life science and material science use microscopes with motorized stages covering a vast range of applications and experiment types.

Motorized stages, when added to microscopes, allow for rapid, smooth, and highly repeatable sample movement. This can be difficult to achieve or impractical, using a manual stage, especially when the experiment requires the operator to perform repeated, precise, and accurate movements over a long time period.

Motorized stages allow the user to pre-program movements and integrate the stage’s positioning within the imaging process. Ultimately, these stages allow for more complex, longer and more efficient imaging. Motorized stages eliminate the operator’s repetitive movements associated with manual stages, which can lead to strain on the joints of the fingers and wrist.