Robotics Engineering for Biotechnology Laboratories

Engineering for research and process-development laboratories: labware adapters and bench fixtures, plate, tube and rack transfers between existing instruments, sampling rigs, connectors to instrument software and read-only data capture. Each starts in simulation or on a bench with inert substitutes. Hospital and clinical diagnostic labs belong on our Healthcare page, GMP manufacturing on the Pharmaceuticals page and regulated diagnostic instruments on the Medical Devices page.

No. We build and test with water, dye, buffer and empty labware. If your team later decides to use the equipment with biological material, that decision follows your own risk assessment and biosafety approvals, and your staff handle the material. We can make engineering changes that your scientists or biosafety officer request, but we do not hold, confer or substitute for any biosafety approval.

No. A transfer or adapter that works with dyed water shows mechanical and data behaviour under those conditions, not assay performance, cell health or sterility. Your scientists measure assay outcomes and your quality function decides any validation. We keep mechanical results separate in the report and record the labware, instrument versions and substitutes used, so your team can judge what further testing it needs.

Not as a starter package. A device inside a cabinet or a BSL-2 or BSL-3 room can affect airflow, decontamination and facility certification, so the work needs your biosafety officer's review and inclusion in your maintenance and validation plans. We can design with a future cabinet envelope and cleaning agents in mind, and test on an open bench first, but installation in containment is a separately agreed project.

Possibly, after checking the exact instruments. We record models, firmware and software versions, documented interfaces and service terms, then look at vendor options, existing standard interfaces and open-source drivers before writing anything new. We start in simulation or on a disconnected bench and need your permission, and sometimes the maker's, before integrating. We do not reverse-engineer or modify warranted equipment without written agreement.

That is agreed before work starts. The contract separates new fixtures, adapters, labware definitions and code from your background IP and any vendor licences, and states what editable files you receive. Data stay where you decide, are captured read-only by default and are not reused or used for model training without written permission. Please pseudonymise or remove donor and patient identities before sharing any data.

Yes, for a defined work package with clear deliverables. Share the instruments, the step and the experience you need; we put forward engineers able to start, you interview them, and we set supervision and review points. Onboarding includes your site induction and the biosafety rules for rooms an engineer may enter. An engineer does not bring biosafety approval, assay expertise or a vendor certification.

Cost follows the number of instruments and interfaces, labware variety, mechanism complexity, access to your equipment and the testing and documentation needed. We estimate scientist and technician time in trials, not only design and fabrication. Afterwards you receive files, results with failures and limits, and a recommendation to continue, simplify or stop. Spares, repairs and remote support are separate agreements based on confirmed capacity.