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Opentrons raises $40 million to expand AI-powered lab automation

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Opentrons Labworks, a laboratory automation company, has announced a $40 million Series E financing led by healthcare investor Avego, with additional investment from BroadOak Capital Partners.

Opentrons will use the capital to scale its robotics, software, and data infrastructure tools, which scientists around the world increasingly rely on to accelerate discovery.

While AI is transforming how science is conducted, the physical lab has become a bottleneck. Scientists can use frontier models to generate hypotheses and design experiments far faster than laboratories can test them. [Read more…] about Opentrons raises $40 million to expand AI-powered lab automation

Opentrons accelerates enablement of AI-based laboratory robotics with Nvidia

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Opentrons Labworks, a laboratory robotics company enabling AI-driven autonomous science, is accelerating the development and deployment of physical AI-enabled laboratory robotics with Nvidia.

Through this integration, Opentrons is using Nvidia Isaac and Nvidia Cosmos platforms to develop training data for physical AI models purpose-built for laboratory environments.

Opentrons delivers a unique set of real-world assets, including a global fleet of more than 10,000 deployed robotic systems across leading research universities and biopharma companies, as well as deep experimental expertise spanning both Opentrons platforms and a wide range of third-party laboratory instruments. [Read more…] about Opentrons accelerates enablement of AI-based laboratory robotics with Nvidia

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences partners with Automata to accelerate AI-ready laboratory automation

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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and Automata have announced a strategic partnership that integrates Beckman Coulter Life Sciences liquid handling, genomic and cell analysis technologies with Automata’s AI-ready automation platform to enable faster, more consistent and more scalable experimentation for research organizations.

The collaboration brings together Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation and a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, and Automata, a London-based lab automation company modernizing how R&D laboratories design, execute and scale scientific workflows.

The partnership is part of a larger investment in which Danaher Ventures will participate in Automata’s Series C funding round and join the company’s board of directors, strengthening alignment and long-term support for joint innovation. [Read more…] about Beckman Coulter Life Sciences partners with Automata to accelerate AI-ready laboratory automation

Robot orders in North America up by 4.3 percent compared with last year

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The North American robotics industry continued to build momentum in the first half of 2025.

New data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) shows robot orders increased by 4.3 percent and revenue rose 7.5 percent compared to the first half of 2024, a promising sign for continued automation investment amid a complex economic landscape. [Read more…] about Robot orders in North America up by 4.3 percent compared with last year

LogicFlo raises $2.7 million to give every life sciences expert their own ‘AI agent workforce’

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Across life sciences, the brightest minds are buried in busywork. Regulatory strategists, medical writers, quality and safety experts – people trained to bring therapies to market – are still spending most of their time formatting documents, managing version control, and stitching together fragmented tools.

LogicFlo AI, the company building the AI agent workforce for life sciences, is changing that.

The Boston-based startup has just completed $2.7 million seed funding round to scale its intelligent agent platform across the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech industries. The round was led by Lightspeed with participation from leading healthcare and enterprise AI investors. [Read more…] about LogicFlo raises $2.7 million to give every life sciences expert their own ‘AI agent workforce’

New robotic solution from Fizyr and Yaskawa targets food and life sciences

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Fizyr and Yaskawa Europe has delivered a new automated hygienic handling solution for the food and life sciences industries.

The system utilizes Yaskawa’s new HD-series robots, Fizyr Panoptic vision AI, a binpick food cell from Van Wees Waalwijk, and programming support from Alpha Robotica.

The initial installation is for a salad production company, where two HD7 robots place pieces of raw peppers and bags of salad dressing in bowls of lettuce.

Fizyr Panoptic accurately determines the position of the objects and the correct placement position. Designed for mobility, the machine can be wheeled to the correct place on the production line. [Read more…] about New robotic solution from Fizyr and Yaskawa targets food and life sciences

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