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The Automated Lab
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 8
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!
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Jun 16
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.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Jun 3
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.

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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · May 27
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.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · May 26
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.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · May 13
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...
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · May 8
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)
It's a 24 panel illustration, with a rotor (circle) with 24 open circles. For each increment from 1 to 24, an additional circle is filled with blue or pink, in ways that create a symmetrical axis of mass, allowing the rotor to be balanced when rotating at high speeds. The pinks generally show the odd numbers (divisible by 3) while the blues are the paired (divisible by 2) I think?
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · May 6
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...
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Mar 5
It was a real honor to join Nabil on Discovery Engines to talk #labautomation!
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nabil @nabilwrites.bsky.social · Mar 5
Thrilled to have sat down with Sudha and Madeline of @theautomatedlab.bsky.social to explore how organizations can unlock the full potential of lab automation.

Catch our full conversation:
YouTube: youtu.be/sPRU18BJNR4
Spotify: spoti.fi/3BzMqiy
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/40sQCu9
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Mar 5
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?
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Feb 25
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?
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Feb 18
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.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Jan 21
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!

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Luis Villa @lvilla.bsky.social · Jan 21
Excellent to see self-driving laboratories as one of the technologies to watch in 2025: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Self-driving laboratories, advanced immunotherapies and five more technologies to watch in 2025
Sustainability and artificial intelligence dominate our seventh annual round-up of exciting innovations.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Jan 14
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!

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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 27
You can read a more detailed update on our Patreon, which we are slowly figuring out how to use properly. :) You can join our community for free, or support us for as little as $5/month and get a cool robot sticker as a thank you! www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 27
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!
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 18
This week, we've published a very special visual tour of the mighty #workcell. Fans of #labautomation, #scienceillustration, and #GSAP animation take a look!
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isometric, escher-esque illustration of a chaotically automated lab and a very lost researcher
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 12
Designing Experiments for Automated Labs! We publish practical information about lab automation for scientists and engineers. This piece focuses on how researchers can approach large-scale experimentation in highly automated wetlabs theautomatedlab.com/article.html...
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 12
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.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
This kind of website is a massive source of inspiration for TAL. Now more than ever we need folks sharing their expertise beyond the confines of any particular social platform. The more niche, the better 🙏
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
Much lies ahead for this project, and I am deeply excited for what comes next. Please check us out at theautomatedlab.com or be a hero and support us at www.patreon.com/c/theautomat...
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
though I hope it inspires the next generation of technology to improve upon the last.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
The Automated Lab is a collection of educational resources for those who are new to the world of lab automation. It is intended primarily as a practical guide for a diverse set of people who work in and around automated laboratories,
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
Only in the last few years have we started to address this issue as a professional community, and I find myself at the right intersection of experience, arrogance, and unemployment to contribute to our small but growing pile of communal knowledge.
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The Automated Lab @theautomatedlab.bsky.social · Nov 11
Many automation engineers work on small teams with strong but sparse expertise, leaving them to figure out their own career development. Or perhaps they will leave the field in favor of a career path with clearer growth opportunities.
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