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Description
Overview
As of the current version of the protocol API, it is no longer possible to set pipette tip presence without monkeypatching. This is a regression from previous API implementations.
Such a feature is important for starting from a point where a tip rack is not full. This is critical for reducing plastic waste or wasteful man hours manually reracking pipette tips.
Currently, this works when using old version of the api (with a deprecation warning), however, its foreseeable that newer hardware would be incompatible with old versions of the API. Im not sure if its possible to manually set tips on a Flex, for example, since my work is on the OT2.
Implementation details
For tipbox-type labware, provide a setter for the has_tip property
Design
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Acceptance criteria
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