Ginkgo Bioworks Ginkgo Automation

Ginkgo Bioworks has launched Ginkgo Automation, a new product line that offers customers modular automation technologies developed for the firm's cell engineering platform. 

The automation offering includes: reconfigurable automation carts (RACs), which are modular, flexible carts equipped with lab instruments, robotic arms, sample transport tracks, utility access, and optional HEPA filters; automation control software (ACS), web-based, collaborative software to control connected RACs and instruments; and managed automation solution (MAS), remote support featuring continuous monitoring, error recovery, maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting.

RACs also come available as reconfigurable automation tiles, a benchtop form factor.