Ginkgo Bioworks has introduced Ginkgo Automation, a new product line that aims to help labs work smarter and scale faster. Powered by the same modular automation technologies that drive Ginkgo’s platform, the end-to-end solution is designed to be flexible, extensible, low-touch, and provide rich data customer programs to help accelerate R&D. Previously, these tools had been kept in-house and only accessible to Ginkgo scientists, and now they’re available around the world. 
 
The automation offering includes:

• Reconfigurable Automation Carts (RACs): Modular, flexible carts equipped with lab instruments, robotic arms, sample transport tracks, utility access, and optional HEPA filters. These can be combined to form systems – scale and de-bottleneck systems by plugging in more RACs for more unit ops and better capacity management. They also come available as Reconfigurable Automation Tiles, a benchtop form factor.
• Automation Control Software (ACS): A web-based, collaborative software for dynamic scheduling and protocol interleaving, ensuring optimal device utilization and uptime.
• Managed Automation Solution (MAS): Comprehensive remote support featuring continuous monitoring, error recovery, maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting.