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Inside the Facility Advancing Ocean Robotics Research
A new facility at the University of Rhode Island brings together ocean engineering, robotics, and marine science with a purpose-built test tank, high-bay staging area, flexible labs, and collaborative spaces designed to move technologies from prototype to deployment
What Robotics-Driven Research Means for Future Laboratory Spaces
Autonomous labs are moving research beyond traditional workflows, requiring new approaches to flexibility, infrastructure, and collaboration. Learn how robotics, AI, and automation are influencing the design of next-generation laboratory environments
What the Life Sciences Market Means for Your Next Lab
In a rapidly evolving life sciences market, designing for change may be the most important investment a lab owner can make
Inside UWF's New AI Research Hub
The University of West Florida's new Synapse facility is designed to accelerate AI, cybersecurity, and engineering research through flexible, collaboration-driven spaces and advanced computational infrastructure
Waste Streams in High-Throughput Screening: Architecting for Bulk Disposal
As high-throughput screening automation drastically accelerates experimental timelines, laboratory infrastructure must evolve to handle the unprecedented volume of solid and liquid waste generated, requiring integrated bulk waste removal systems.
Automated Sample Storage: The "Vending Machine" Wall
As laboratories shift toward high-throughput compound management, the integration of massive automated -80°C freezers requires rigorous structural engineering to accommodate extreme floor loading capacities and ceiling clearances.
Collaborative Robotics (Cobots): Safety & Spacing
As collaborative robots (cobots) break free from traditional safety cages to work directly alongside scientists, laboratory architects must design specialized spatial buffer zones and ergonomic workflows that ensure human-robot collaboration is both efficient and harmless.
The "Dark Lab": Designing for Zero-Occupancy Zones
As automated robotics replace human researchers on the lab floor, architects and engineers must radically rethink HVAC, fire suppression, and vibration control to build high-performance environments tailored exclusively for machines.
Designing for Automation: When Robots Move In
Robots don't need coffee breaks, but they do need reinforced floors and massive cooling. Designing the automated wing.
Robotics Revolutionizes Lab Logistics: Safety, Sustainability, and Efficiency at the 2025 Lab Design Conference
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference in Denver, CO, presenters Alicia Pandimos Maurer of Page Architecture and Roberto Morfin of CannonDesign showcased how robotic delivery systems are transforming laboratory logistics—enhancing safety, efficiency, and sustainability while reducing costs and redefining how research and pharmaceutical facilities operate