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Towards robotic laboratory automation plug & play: Reference architecture model for robot integration.

Ádám Wolf¹, Panna Zsoldos², Károly Széll³

¹Baxalta Innovations GmbH, a Takeda company, Industriestraße 67, A-1221 Wien, Austria; Doctoral School of Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Óbuda University, Hungary.

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Summary

This study simplifies laboratory robot integration by hierarchically decomposing workflows and mapping them to automation control architectures. This provides a reference model for efficient robotic task management in research labs.

Keywords:

Autonomous manipulation Digital twin Laboratory automation Mobile robotics Plug and play System integration

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Robotics
Laboratory Automation

Background:

Supportive robotic solutions are increasingly used in biomedical R&D labs.
Collaborative and mobile robotics offer adaptability in human-centered environments.
Integrating these robots introduces significant complexity.

Purpose of the Study:

To simplify and entangle convoluted laboratory robot integration architectures.
To propose a reference architecture model for laboratory automation.
To address the need for efficient robotic task management in research settings.

Main Methods:

Hierarchical decomposition of laboratory workflows.
Mapping activity representations to automation control architecture layers and components.
Detailed elaboration using pick-and-place labware transportation as a case study.

Main Results:

A structured framework for laboratory robot integration architectures.
Identification of pick-and-place labware transportation as a key area of interest.
Development of a reference architecture model.

Conclusions:

The proposed reference architecture model simplifies robot integration.
Key principles are applicable to reference implementations and standardization efforts.
This work provides a foundation for more adaptable and efficient laboratory automation.