We believe science shouldn’t be limited by what’s humanly possible. It shouldn’t be frustratingly laborious or tedious and boring. From the climate crisis and renewable energy to antimicrobial resistance, cancer cures and unlocking the microbiome, science holds the key to many of the world’s greatest challenges.
We hope our robots can get humanity there faster.

From our state-of-the-art facility in beautiful Exmoor National Park in the South West of England, we build and manufacture mechatronic workstations and cutting-edge lab automation robots accelerating science in over 60 countries worldwide. With further offices in California, Singapore and Germany, we’re able to serve a truly global community.

Our customers include Nobel laureates such as Sir Paul Nurse, world leading research facilities like EMBL and the Francis Crick Institute, and the top 50 universities in the world. Even NASA has joined the club (although they never did tell us what they were up to).

We design, manufacture, program, assemble and QC all of our products on site, giving us complete control over the product pipeline. This is all thanks to our in-house virtual prototyping facilities, precision CNC manufacture and robotic coordinate measurement for quality control. You’ll find no cheap imitations here.

PRODUCTS:

ROTOR+: High-Throughput Screening (HTS), arraying, and replicating colonies of yeast, fungi, and bacteria. It's used for applications like Synthetic Genetic Array (SGA) analysis and chemical genomics.

PIXL: Precision microbial colony picker that automates imaging, colony recognition, selection, and picking from plates to multiwell plates.

MSM 400 & SporePlay+: Advanced tools for Tetrad Dissection, a key technique in yeast genetics.

MK1: A historical and modern micromanipulator for precision work.

PhenoBooth+ / ColonyCam: Systems for colony imaging, counting, and analysis.

SQWERTY: Simple liquid handling solutions.

SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS:

Our world-leading instruments are used to facilitate and accelerate research in multiple facets of biological sciences, including:

Genetics and Genomics: High-throughput genetic screening, genome-wide studies, and strain manipulation.

Synthetic Biology: Engineering new strains of microorganisms (like yeast or bacteria) for innovative purposes, such as biofuel production or creating new materials.

Microbiology: General research on yeast, fungi, and bacteria, including high-throughput screening for antibiotic and chemical sensitivity.

Biomedical Research: Work in areas like Neuroscience and Cancer Biology.