Your lab spent months scoping, designing, deploying, and testing a new workcell. It runs beautifully and _hopefully_ it'll take the pressure off your capacity constraints. A year later, that workcell gathers dust. Let's talk about the orphaned equipment problem. theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Why is it so hard to write a good device driver? It turns out, the answer is complicated. I spoke to automation software engineer @rhwlo.bsky.social to learn more about the art of writing drivers, and why it’s so challenging to get right. theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

This week we're publishing a long-overdue article on device drivers. If you've ever used a workcell or other integrated #labautomation system, you've relied on device drivers to communicate data to and from lab instruments. theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Guest author @escaautomation.bsky.social lends us his expertise with an automation engineer's guide to cell culture. Read all about it at The Automated Lab. theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

What exactly is exactly is an AI Scientist? Not to be confused with the human scientists studying AI, AI Scientists are an umbrella term for the AI and ML-powered tools attempting to automate the scientific process. Read more in our overview! theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Weird intersection of math & centrifuge balancing: Visual proof that it's possible to balance a 24-position centrifuge rotor for any number of equally-filled tubes EXCEPT 1 and 23. Some of these are anxiety-inducing, though. (🧑‍🎨: aliyoh, labrats subreddit)

What if there was a breadboard for lab instruments and #labautomation? Science Jubilee may be just that. Read our overview of this low-cost, open source lab automation platform that has evolved from the Maker community! theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

It was a real honor to join Nabil on Discovery Engines to talk #labautomation!

The Lab Automation Device Landscape: Automation is transforming the way researchers and technicians carry out repetitive tasks from pipetting to data collection. We’ve written before about #labrobots, software, and #liquidhandlers, but what about everything else? theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

This week on TAL: How to Automate an R&D Lab There is an assumption in lab automation that a process has to be locked down before it can be automated. So how does automation fit into an R&D lab? theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Labware! The foundation of lab work, both automated and otherwise. How do the nitty gritty details of a #microplate impact an #automated workflow? Read up on #labautomation fundamentals at The Automated Lab. theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

This week we're publishing a primer on #platemaps and #worklists: a concept so essential to #labautomation that experienced engineers have probably forgotten when and how they learned about them! theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Excellent to see self-driving laboratories as one of the technologies to watch in 2025: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Have you or a loved one automated a lab? It may be more common than you think! This week we're looking at some common #labautomation journeys and their tradeoffs so that you can plan for challenges before they arrive! theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Hello lab automators, it's been a moment since we checked in! We won't be publishing any new articles in December, as we are busy spinning up some truly special projects for 2025. No spoilers yet, but we're looking forward to forging new paths for #openaccess lab automation. Exciting things to come!

This week, we've published a very special visual tour of the mighty #workcell. Fans of #labautomation, #scienceillustration, and #GSAP animation take a look! theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Career ladders take time and thought to develop, and it’s rare to find an automation expert who also knows how to define a generalizable career path. That’s why we’re publishing this career ladder designed by lab automation engineers for lab automation engineers. theautomatedlab.com/article.html...

Lab automation is a field filled with clever people of many backgrounds, and I have yet to meet one who intended to end up here. We encounter the same frustrating behavior from the same model of plate peeler (you know the one!), and yet we have few ways to share our expertise.

If you're a fan of lab robots, #opensource and #openinformation projects, or vibrant #scienceillustration consider following! This is The Automated Lab, a free education and resource hub for people who work in and around automated labs.

What is a #labautomation engineer? How do I become one? Will I be any good at it? We've got answers here at The Automated Lab! theautomatedlab.com/article.html...