More accurate, faster and smarter!
Colony counting is an essential but time-consuming task in microbiological laboratories. Traditional, classical methods are prone to human variation and require manual settings for color, shape and lighting. This leads to inconsistent results and extra workload.
With Iris, our advanced AI-powered colony counter, this changes completely. Developed by AAA Lab Service, Iris combines the expertise of top analysts with the power of artificial intelligence. The result? A revolutionary way of counting colonies that is more reliable, faster and fully automatable.
• 100% consistency: AI counts objectively and without variation between analysts.
• No manual settings: color, shape and lighting are pre-optimized.
• Full traceability: all data is documented and can be exported directly to LIMS.
• Fast and efficient: up to 99% of plates counted correctly without manual correction.
• Scalable workflow: works independently or in combination with our Irina, a petri dish handling system (300-360 plates per hour).
✅ Scarily accurate: as one analyst described it.
✅ Validation in just 2.6 seconds per plate: faster than ever before.
✅ 90% of plates immediately accepted without any adjustments.
✅ Trainable system: the more data, the smarter Iris becomes.
✅ Training on colonies: everything else is not detected (air bubbles, cracks, etc.).
✅ Perfect for large laboratories: save many hours per day on manual counting.
✅ Display of dilution series: we show all petri dishes belonging to the series together.
• 100 petri dishes photographed – annotated by our client in 2 agar types.
• These 100 petri dishes trained – result: 80% within 5% deviation from the five analysts.
Iris does more than counting colonies. Thanks to smart software and neural networks, it supports:
📌 LIMS connection: detailed data available for input optimization.
📌 MALDI-TOF and UV-exposure: marking colonies for further analysis.
📌 Automated validation: the first steps towards fully automatic approval.
📌 Business intelligence (BI): detailed data analysis for process optimization.
Our customers are already experiencing the benefits, but we continue to innovate.
New hardware, improved neural networks and even faster analyses make Iris increasingly better. AI in microbiology is no longer futuristic – it is happening now.
Want to see for yourself how Iris can transform your lab? Plan a short online demo, and discover how AI colony counting really should work!
Contact us at + (31) 071 3310085 or sales@aaalabservice.eu for more information.