Trilobio, developer of whole lab automation systems for biology research, introduced the first version of its comprehensive robotics, lab equipment and software platform.

Trilobio is designed to improve genetic engineering, synthetic biology and life science research processes by building robotic lab automation modules coupled with an application store to package and distribute lab protocols as code. The company is deploying fully automated labs that aim to address data quality and reproducibility challenges to improve research inefficiencies.

The Trilobio platform comprises the Trilobot lab robot, research devices (gripper, pipettes, and tube handlers), and the Trilobio OS research protocol software. It is purpose-built to ensure all research protocols designed and executed on the platform are reproducible in any other Trilobio-enabled lab. By facilitating whole lab operations to be automated, the company aims to support biologists to maximize the potential of their research easily, accurately, and reliably. A key focus is overcoming the cost, complexity, configuration and training hurdles that prevent scientists from adopting automation more broadly.

The foundation of the Trilobio platform is the Trilobot, a multifunctional robot built on standardized hardware and software; enabling operation of any Trilobio research tool and intermodular collaboration between Trilobots to scale up research operations. Trilobio OS is the software engine of the platform, combining protocol design, optimization, and execution with an automated lab notebook and LIMS. It enables biologists to design advanced research protocols via a no-code GUI rather than machine code. Trilobio OS determines the optimal execution of the protocol and biologists can automatically optimize any protocol for speed, cost or accuracy. By combining the standardized hardware of the Trilobot and with the innovative software of Trilobio OS, all research protocols built on the platform are reproducible on any other Trilobio configuration without the need to recalibrate Trilobots or rewrite protocols, according to the company.