RapidPick™ Automated Colony Pickers

Advanced colony-picking technology built for AI-ready workflows, seamless integration, and scalable automation

The RapidPick family includes standalone colony pickers and fully integrated workcells, all powered by advanced, AI-ready imaging and workflow software.

Designed for seamless integration into automated workflows through Hudson’s scheduling software, robotic arms, and liquid handling tools, RapidPick systems can be incorporated into complex upstream and downstream processes with ease.

RapidPick Software

A better user experience for precise, reproducible colony identification and picking.

RapidPick™ SP Single Pin Automated Colony Picker

Compact, single-pin precision picking

RapidPick™ MP 20-Pin Automated Colony Picker

High-throughput, multi-pin picking

RapidPick™ Lite Colony Picker

Semi-automated walk-away plate handling system for SP/MP

RapidPick™ Complete Colony Picker

Fully automated, high-throughput integrated workstation

RapidPick™ Harvester™ Colony Picker

Pipette-tip-based transfer for difficult samples

Versatile colony picking for any application or scale

Automates colony picking at rates of up to 3,000 colonies per hour (model dependent)
Delivers >99% inoculation accuracy
Supports AI pipelines with full-plate images and complete colony metadata for advanced classification
Expands from compact standalone devices to fully integrated workcells as needs evolve
Scales to fit space-limited environments, including anaerobic chambers
Prevents contamination through reliable heat-coil sterilization
Captures rare, low-abundance colony types with ease

Future-ready design built for lasting value

Versatile product range supports varying throughput, automation, and picking method requirements
High-resolution imaging and advanced analysis enable precise colony and halo-based selection
Flexible workflows support cherry-picking, plate reformatting, and dual-destination transfers for backup or QC plates
Robust metadata capture and data tracking provide traceability and audit readiness
Supports both tungsten-pin and pipette-tip picking to handle bacterial, yeast, plaque, fungal, filamentous, and other complex colony types
Modular expansion capabilities allow labs to scale as needed without paying for unnecessary capacity

Choose your RapidPick solution

RapidPick™ SP

Compact single-pin system for medium throughput colony picking and rearraying

Up to 250 colonies/hour

Small-scale cloning, screening, and teaching

RapidPick™ MP

20-pin system with continuous picking and cleaning

Up to 3,000 colonies/hour

Large-scale cloning, microbiome research; CRO and industrial workflows

RapidPick™ Lite

Semi-automated MP or SP system with walk-away automated plate handling

Up to 3,000 colonies/hour

Medium- to high-throughput labs seeking hands-off plate loading and flexible scaling

RapidPick™ Complete

Fully automated MP or SP colony-picking workcell

Up to 30,000 colonies/day

End-to-end automation for large academic, CRO, and industrial projects

RapidPick™ Harvester

Pipette-tip-based system for agar or semi-solid extraction

Up to 150 colonies/hour

Microbial and fungal colony transfers; suitable for challenging samples

What's Included

All RapidPick models share the same advanced imaging, AI-ready software, and integration capabilities; they differ in throughput, automation level, and picking method.

Model

RapidPick SP/MP Unit

PlateCrane EX™ Robotic Arm

Micro10x™ Reagent Dispenser

Adhesive Plate Sealer

Integrated Enclosure

SOLO™ Liquid Handler

RapidPick Software

RapidPick™ SP

RapidPick™ MP

RapidPick™ Lite

Optional

RapidPick™ Complete

RapidPick™ Harvester

Optional

THE LAB AUTOMATION EXPERTS

Colony Pickers

Consumables & Accessories

Software

Workstations

Liquid Handlers

MicroPlate Handlers

pH Meters

Protein Crystallization Tools

Colony Picking

Colony Plating

DNA Transformation

ELISA Assays

High-Throughput Screening

HLA Tissue Typing

Microbiome Research

Next-Gen Sequencing

Nucleic Acid Extraction

PCR and qPCR

pH Testing

Plasmid Preparation

Protein Binding

Protein Crystallography

Protein Purification

Serial Dilutions

Synthetic Biology

THE LAB AUTOMATION EXPERTS

973-376-7400

RapidPick™ Automated Colony Pickers