Automate Your Lab Workflow

Manual Lab Work Is Holding Research Back
Modern laboratories face a growing tension: the science is getting more complex, but the budgets and headcount are not keeping up.

Repetitive tasks dominate the bench
Surveys show that more than 80% of life scientists pipette for at least one hour every day, with nearly 30% spending more than three hours on pipetting alone. These are not high-value activities — they are bottlenecks.

Human error is costly and cumulative
Manual pipetting introduces inconsistencies that compound across multi-step workflows. Studies show that even experienced personnel can fail to meet ISO accuracy standards — particularly at low volumes — leading to skewed results, wasted reagents, and repeated experiments. Pre-analytical errors account for the majority of all laboratory mistakes, and most of them stem from repetitive manual handling.

Physical strain is a real and underreported problem
Repetitive pipetting is the leading cause of repetitive strain injury (RSI) in the lab. Manual tasks that require sustained concentration and precise hand movements, performed for hours at a stretch, take a measurable toll on lab personnel.

Dedicated automation is expensive and inflexible
Specialized liquid handling workstations (gantry robots, deck-based systems) can automate a single task well — but they are fixed in place, limited to one workflow, and cost tens of thousands of dollars. Reconfiguring them for a new protocol is time-consuming and often requires re-integration. For most labs, this is not a practical solution.

Lab budgets are finite
Research funding is competitive. Every dollar spent on infrastructure is a dollar not spent on experiments. Automation has historically been a luxury reserved for large pharmaceutical companies — but it doesn\'t have to be.

Liquid Handling (Pipetting)
The UFACTORY cobot is compatible with standard electronic pipettes, enabling automated dispensing, serial dilution, and sample transfer across plates and tubes — with none of the fatigue or variability of manual pipetting. Ideal for PCR preparation, ELISA assays, and any protocol requiring consistent, high-repetition liquid handling.

Plate Loading & Unloading
UFACTORY cobots can be equipped with the Bio Gripper, an end-effector designed specifically for microplate handling. Built for standard SBS-format 96-well plates, the Bio Gripper ensures secure, repeatable gripping without damaging delicate labware.

Sample Preparation & Transfer
Tubes, vials, and sample containers are grasped, repositioned, and transferred between workstations with consistent force and accuracy. The cobot handles the transport leg of your workflow — the repetitive sample movement that ties up a researcher\'s time without requiring their judgment.

Reagent Management
The cobot retrieves reagent containers from storage, presents them to dispensing instruments, and returns or discards them according to protocol — reducing handling errors and keeping reagent usage traceable and consistent.