System, apparatus and methods for automatically testing mobile devices

A method for automatically testing a mobile device, comprising:

• loading a single test application on the mobile device positioned onto a retention device of a robot;
• automatically wirelessly connecting the mobile device to a test computer having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing test software for testing the mobile device;
• automatically starting the testing of the mobile device after scanning a serial number of the mobile device and a slot number of a device test chamber;
• automatically manipulating the mobile device using the robot configured for interacting with the mobile device in cooperation with the test application and the test software;
• automatically performing all of a plurality of tests of the mobile device based on the test application such that at least one of the plurality of tests is being performed at the same time as another of the plurality of tests is being performed;
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• automatically sending a result of the testing of the mobile device to a user monitor electrically connected to the test computer and configured for displaying the result of the testing of the mobile device.

A system for automatically testing mobile devices, comprising:

• a plurality of robots each of which having a retention device configured for holding one of a plurality of mobile devices to be tested;
• a plurality of device test chambers each housing a respective one of the plurality of robots;
• a plurality of test computers each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of robots, and has a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing test software for testing a corresponding one of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the corresponding mobile device is wirelessly connected to the test computer and has a single test application installed thereon and, in cooperation with the test software, is used to perform all of a plurality of tests such that at least one of the plurality of tests is being performed at the same time as another of the plurality of tests is being performed, wherein each of the plurality of robots is configured for performing interaction and manipulation of the corresponding mobile device held by the retention device in cooperation with the test application and the test software during the testing;
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• a scanner electrically connected to the plurality of test computers and configured to, for each of the plurality of device test chambers, scanning a slot number of the corresponding device test chamber, scanning a serial number of the corresponding mobile device to be tested in the corresponding device test chamber, wherein the testing of the corresponding mobile device automatically starts after scanning the slot number and the serial number.