2023 CHEMISTRY LAB AUTOMATION

 

TOOLS TO AUTOMATE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS
 

• ChemOS (now Atinary): https://atinary.com/
   

• HELAO (Hierarchical Experimental Laboratory Automation and Orchestration): https://helao.fi/en/
   

• ESCALATE (Experiment Specification, Capture and Laboratory Automation Technology): https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escalate
   

• MAOS (Materials Acceleration Operation System): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maos
   

• ARES OS (Autonomous Research System Operating System): https://ares-os.org/
   

• Symyx Allegro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symyx_Technologies
   

• Chemspeed Technologies Composer: https://www.chemspeed.com/
   

• Opentrons OT-2: https://opentrons.com/products/robots/ot-2/
   

• Liquid Handling Systems: There are many commercial and open-source liquid handling systems available. Here are a few examples:
   

  • https://www.tecan.com/

  • https://www.hamiltoncompany.com/

  • https://www.gilson.com/

  • https://opentrons.com/

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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TOOLS:
 

• ChemOS (now Atinary): A commercial software platform that can be used to design, automate, and execute complex chemistry experiments. It includes a variety of features for managing laboratory instrumentation, data collection, and analysis.
   

• HELAO (Hierarchical Experimental Laboratory Automation and Orchestration): A free and open-source software platform for automating chemistry experiments. It is highly customizable and can be used to automate a wide range of experimental workflows.
   

• ESCALATE (Experiment Specification, Capture and Laboratory Automation Technology): A commercial software platform that provides a graphical user interface for designing and automating chemistry experiments. It also includes features for data management and analysis.
   

• MAOS (Materials Acceleration Operation System): A commercial software platform that is specifically designed for accelerating the discovery and development of new materials. It includes features for automated synthesis, characterization, and machine learning-assisted design of experiments.
   

• ARES OS (Autonomous Research System Operating System): A research project at the University of California, Berkeley, that is developing a new software platform for autonomous research. It is designed to be flexible and extensible, and to support a wide range of experimental workflows.
   

• Symyx Allegro: A commercial automated laboratory platform that can be used to perform a wide range of chemistry experiments, including synthesis, purification, and analysis.
   

• Chemspeed Technologies Composer: A commercial automated laboratory platform that is specifically designed for high-throughput synthesis and screening.
   

• Opentrons OT-2: An open-source automated laboratory platform that can be used to perform a variety of tasks, including liquid handling, pipetting, and mixing.
   

• Liquid Handling Systems: A variety of commercial and open-source liquid handling systems that can be used to automate liquid manipulation tasks.