Lab Automation: Which Processes Pay, and Which Ones Do Not
Lab automation pays where a task is high volume, low judgement and methodologically stable. Where any one of those three is missing it usually costs more than it returns, because the exceptions consume the saving. Most laboratory work fails at least one condition, which is why candidate selection matters more than technology choice.
Every lab has a list of things it would automate given the budget. Most of those lists are ordered by how annoying the task is, which is a reasonable instinct and a poor predictor of whether automating it will pay.
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