Collaborate With Us

No fees. No contracts. Just collaboration. We demonstrate your instrument being run by our robot — and both of us come out ahead.

The idea is simple: Product Combinations

We don't charge a fee. We don't take a cut. This is about collaboration — demonstrating that your instrument and our robot work together in a real lab workflow.

The mechanism is the Product Combination. We demonstrate your machine being operated by our robot. You get automation-ready positioning. We get more services we can offer on our platform. One robot to rule the lab.

What Robot on Rails gets: Every instrument we integrate gives our robot more capabilities — more workflows, more use cases, more reasons for labs to deploy us. One robot that can run the entire bench.

What you get: Your instrument becomes automation-ready overnight. No R&D investment. No engineering effort on your side. Just a demo that shows your product in the future of lab work.

First collaboration: Accuris + Robot on Rails

Product Combination

Accuris AutoMATE 96 — Automated Liquid Handler

Robot on Rails is collaborating with Accuris Instruments (a division of Benchmark Scientific). RoR provides the robot. Accuris provides the instruments.

This is the first product combination we're releasing together, featuring the Accuris AutoMATE 96 — a 96-channel liquid handler designed for scientists. By coupling it with our robot, which can load, unload, and restock the machine, we've turned the AutoMATE 96 from a single process step into one that can run continuously, all day and night.

Our focus is straightforward: help labs automate the repetitive work they don't want to spend time on, without asking them to redesign everything from scratch.

What collaborators get

🔌 Automation-Ready Positioning

Your instrument becomes part of the automated lab story. Differentiate from competitors who still require manual operation.

📈 New Sales Channel

Every Robot on Rails deployment is a potential sale for your instrument. We recommend integrated collaborators to our customers.

🧪 Validated Workflows

We develop and validate complete workflows around your instrument, creating turnkey solutions for end users.

🤝 Zero Cost to You

We don't charge fees. We don't take a cut. You provide instrument access, we handle all the robotics and integration engineering.

How we collaborate

Collaboration typically follows three phases:

1. Exploration

We evaluate the opportunity — what your instrument does, how scientists interact with it, and what the product combination could look like. This is a conversation, not a commitment.

2. Integration Development

Our engineering team develops the physical and digital integration. We handle the robotics side. You provide instrument access and technical documentation. Typical timeline: 4–8 weeks.

3. Go-to-Market

We launch the product combination together — validated workflows, video demos, and joint content. Your instrument is now automation-ready.

Ideal collaborators

We're looking for manufacturers of benchtop lab instruments that scientists interact with manually today:

If your customers are asking about automation — or if you want them to be — let's talk.

Make your instrument automation-ready

No fees. No complicated contracts. Just a conversation about how our robot can work with your instrument.

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