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i3mega-pipettebot
Turn a cheap consumer 3D printer into a sub-$150 disposable-tip pipetting robot driven by a DLAB dPette electronic pipette and Python.

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tests/bats/dev_diagram.bats: shellcheck check fails due to 'make -C' directory-entry banners Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 90/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#228 · Opened Sep 17, 2026
docs: adopt README doc-structure canon Open

documentation

Difficulty 2/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 78/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#181 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 21, 2026
chore: external contributor PR review Open

deferred enhancement good first issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#180 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 19, 2026
chore: land feat/pipette-scan-cleanup (#90) — rebase, sign, LFS Open

deferred enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#176 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2026
chore: land feat/carriage-mount-iteration (#78) — rebase + sign Open

deferred enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#177 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2026
Deferred: active tip-disposal conveyance (standalone belt module) Open

documentation enhancement feature firmware hardware

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#170 · 1 comment · Opened May 25, 2026
Deferred: aspirate verification (pressure monitoring) — Hamilton MAD/TADM reference Open

documentation enhancement feature hardware

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#169 · 1 comment · Opened May 25, 2026
measure: Geeetech A30 carriage payload budget Open

feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#163 · 1 comment · Opened May 24, 2026
investigate: Smartto M204/M201 silent-reject ceiling on A30 Open

bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#161 · 1 comment · Opened May 24, 2026
research: i3 Mega chassis/carriage models for in-context design Open

feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#144 · 1 comment · Opened May 20, 2026
research: pre-built labware libraries (SBS / ANSI-SLAS) — fit for tools/cad/ Open

feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#143 · 1 comment · Opened May 20, 2026
spike: VLM-scored render evaluation loop for parametric CAD Open

feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#139 · 1 comment · Opened May 20, 2026
Finish SO-101 orchestrator: teach positions + e2e hardware validation + cleanup Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#138 · 1 comment · Opened May 20, 2026
Research: VLM camera supervision feasibility on Pi 3 B+ Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#132 · Opened May 18, 2026
Quad-split deck plate CAD: clean Y=219.8 fit on stock MK4 Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#131 · Opened May 18, 2026
Row-tour orchestrator: SO-101 used-tips-bin pickup after homing Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#120 · Opened May 17, 2026
Custom SO-101 gripper jaw for used-tips-bin pickup Open

feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#118 · 1 comment · Opened May 17, 2026
feat: research specs/feature.md + tests/basic.spec.* as fast smoke-test tier Open

feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#94 · 1 comment · Opened May 16, 2026
feat: adopt .claude/output-styles/writing.md for consistent agent voice Open

documentation feature good-first-issue

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 62/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#95 · 1 comment · Opened May 16, 2026
feat: add root INDEX.md as a structural map of the repo Open

documentation feature

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 65/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#93 · 1 comment · Opened May 16, 2026
Upper-clamp cap: still wrong size + replace glue fit with screws Open

deferred

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#75 · 1 comment · Opened May 12, 2026
Formalize ocp-vscode + screencap CAD design-feedback loop into the pipeline Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#69 · Opened May 11, 2026
cadkit: developer-ergonomic build123d editing (viewer + parametric workflow) Open

enhancement tooling

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#68 · Opened May 11, 2026
Adopt qte77/cadkit (ADR 0002 Phase 2) Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#64 · Opened May 11, 2026
Decide button-vs-tip-column XY relationship for tip_ejection_bar Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#60 · Opened May 10, 2026
Fit-test scheme b L-bracket V-plate Y assumption Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#59 · Opened May 10, 2026
ADR: Arduino host architecture for i3+dPette control Open

deferred enhancement firmware question

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#45 · Opened May 9, 2026
Confirm OrcaSlicer install method on dev/CI environment Open

tooling

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#44 · Opened May 9, 2026
Vendor real dPette barrel scan from so101 Open

hardware

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#43 · Opened May 9, 2026
Coverage + bump-my-version + mkdocs Open

documentation tooling

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#13 · Opened May 7, 2026
Soft-limit and crash-guard module (safety.py) Open

enhancement safety

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#11 · Opened May 7, 2026
Deck geometry library (deck.py) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#10 · Opened May 7, 2026
Hardware photo set + showcase GIF Open

deferred documentation hardware

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#5 · Opened May 7, 2026
Pipette mount STL + BOM Open

deferred hardware

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

qte77/i3mega-pipettebot#4 · 1 comment · Opened May 7, 2026

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