Automata

Automata is a biotech company that offers robotic automation solutions for life sciences labs. Its flagship product, the LINQ automation platform, is designed to streamline processes and enhance efficiency in the face of evolving scientific demands. LINQ combines cloud-based workflow scheduling software, LINQ Cloud, with a robotically enabled lab bench, LINQ Bench, integrating instruments at the touch of a button for flexible workflow automation.

LINQ Bench is a modular and vendor-agnostic system, allowing most lab instruments to be integrated in any space, while LINQ Cloud features a familiar canvas-style interface and Python-based customization, providing a balance between controlled access and user experience. The platform accommodates high-throughput workflows and labs requiring frequent workflow changes, offering dynamic protocol development.

Automata's technology enables new and improved processes, empowers scientists with transformed ways of working, and delivers faster translation of results. Its robotic automation solutions have been deployed in pathology labs, addressing diagnostic backlogs and significantly enhancing lab capacity. For instance, some labs are running 40 automated stations 24/7, resulting in increased throughput of 50-250 plates per day within the same space.

Key customers and partnerships

Automata's customers include NHS Trusts such as The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, academic institutions like The Francis Crick Institute, testing labs such as HSL, Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs), Contract Research Organizations (CROs), and pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including AstraZeneca and bit.bio.