Picking device

Abstract

In a picking device configured to insert a pipet tip or similar sampling tool in a tilted posture into a container and to sample a sampling target from the same container, a picking device is provided which can avoid the situation in which an area from which the sampling target cannot be sampled occurs within the container. The picking device includes: a placement table having a placement surface on which a container is to be placed; a placement table rotation mechanism configured to rotate the placement table about a rotation axis which is a virtual axis orthogonal to the placement surface and passing through the center of the placement surface; a rod-shaped or tube-shaped sampling tool having a tip end configured to be inserted into the container, in a tilted posture to the rotation axis; and a sampling tool moving mechanism configured to move the sampling tool.

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