Open Lab Automata

Open lab automation.

Modular automation you can build, buy, and hack.

OLA laboratory robot with pipette and gripper tools over a modular work surface
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Hardware & support

The setup you need.

Kits, assembled hardware, and custom work. Prices in USD.

Base hardware

MK4

3 controller options · Tool-changing platform

Kit from $1,000
RFQ

Liquid handling

Micropipette tool

Single channel · Kit, assembled, or calibrated

Kit from $250
RFQ

Object manipulation

Parallel gripper

Parallel jaws · Kit or assembled

Kit from $250
RFQ

Vision

Integrated camera

Integrated camera · Kit or assembled

Kit from $100
RFQ

Temperature control

Well plate blocks

Standard well plates · Heated or hot/cold

From $400
RFQ

Made for your workflow

Custom projects

Custom tools · Custom automation

Project pricing RFQ
RFQ

Community

Community support

Questions · Builds · Collaboration

Community access Free
Join

Expert Knowhow

Consulting

Integration · Design · Collaboration

Business rate $50/h
RFQ

Open hardware ecosystem

Science Jubilee tools

Tools available by request

Tool pricing RFQ
RFQ

Open knowledge

Documentation

Build · Operate · Adapt

Access Free forever
Open docs

Prices exclude unspecified shipping, taxes, and duties. Contact OLA for availability, lead times, and a complete quote.

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Projects to fund

Help build what's next.

These projects are ready to be implemented once funded. The funder receives the completed device, and full documentation will be published.

Fundable project

Multi-axis gripper

Multi-axis manipulation · Custom integration

Funding target $1,500
Fund

Fundable project

HEPA module

Filtered airflow · Sterile-work workflows

Funding target $1,500
Fund

Fundable project

Automated centrifuge

Automated operation · Gripper compatible

Funding target $2,000
Fund

Pioreactor integration

Pioreactor

Culture monitoring · Coordinated OLA workflows

Integration funding RFQ
Fund

IO Rodeo integration

Potentiostat

Electrochemistry · Fully integrated operation

Funding target $1,000
Fund

IO Rodeo integration

Colorimeter

Optical absorbance · Automated workflows

Funding target $500
Fund

GaudiLabs integration

PocketPCR / qPocketPCR

PCR or real-time qPCR · Fully integrated

Funding target from $1,200
Fund

GaudiLabs integration

OpenDrop

Digital microfluidics · Fully integrated

Funding target $5,000
Fund

Custom integration

Your Equipment & Ideas

Your hardware · Your workflow · OLA integration

Integration funding RFQ
Fund

Manufacturer reference images: Pioreactor, IO Rodeo, and GaudiLabs. These are proposed OLA integrations, not currently implemented products.