September 7^th-8^th 2009 , Ziath exhibited at the ELRIG Drug Discovery meeting which proved an invaluable way of meeting new customers , and launching their full product range. Ziath are also happy to have been part in sponsoring the Technobotts team. After a robotics demonstration at the ELRIG (European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group) Drug Discovery conference in Liverpool in September, where ELRIG (and additionally Ziath) pledged financial support for the team to assist them to travel to Singapore, the team approached the department store chain, John Lewis, for assistance as they needed additional robotics kits for the Soccer challenge. The team’s recent successes were achieved with “Robert” the robot, presented to them by Robert Sayle in 2007. Robert featured on BBC television's "Look East" programme on 29 January.