ROBO-MET.QC

automated materials analysis machine system, comprising a sample preparation subsystem for use in physically sizing, labeling and preparing samples of metal, ceramic, glasses, organic materials or composites thereof for microscopy, robots that position the sample for polishing and preparation for microscopic analysis, a polishing and etching subsystem device for use in preparing single or multiple layers from a sample for imaging, an imaging module comprising one or more microscopes and cameras for use in recording images of prepared sample layers, and data management and analysis software for use in evaluating the quality, properties and structure-property relationships of the sample