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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
Where Robotics Meets the Coast: Building for Resilience
The MBARI Instrumentation Integration and Testing Facility demonstrates how innovative engineering, resilient materials, and environmentally sensitive construction can overcome coastal site challenges to support advanced ocean robotics and research