Robot and a method of controlling a robot

A robot comprising:

• a horizontal or horizontally slanted experiment layer being adapted to support items at arbitrary positions on or in the experiment layer wherein said experiment layer is transparent or comprises one or more openings configured to receive one or more items to display at least a part of the bottom of the item, said openings either being through the experiment layer or comprising a transparent bottom;
• a moveable sensor arranged below the experiment layer said sensor being configured for providing a sensor signal indicative of item(s)′ location on the experiment layer;
• an actuator arranged for being moved into different positions above the experiment layer;
• a display device being configured for visually representing located item(s);
• a user input device;
• wherein the robot further comprising a processor configured to
• on the basis of the sensor signal locate an item on the experiment layer;
• display the located item(s) or a graphical presentation thereof on the display device;
• receive a manipulation input through the user input device, and
• in response to said manipulation input, control the actuator to manipulate the content of the displayed item(s).