Biotech labs face rising sample volumes, staff shortages, and the push toward personalized medicine - demanding automation that handles organic materials with extreme care and precision.
B&R enables adaptive workflows that reconfigure on demand, integrate instruments over open standards, and deliver real‑time data for monitoring and predictive quality. With magnetic‑levitation transport (ACOPOS 6D) for aseptic, contact‑free movement and integrated vision, labs achieve repeatability without compromising on sterility. Combined with advanced robotics and mechatronics solutions, mapp software, and the open communication standard OPC UA, B&R enables flexible, connected, and fully compliant automation for Life Sciences.
The challenge
Diagnostic laboratories and R&D departments are facing increasing pressure: more samples, fewer staff, and a growing demand for personalized medicine. Traditional systems are no longer sufficient. Intelligent automation solutions are needed that go far beyond simple sample processing. These solutions must dynamically manage sample flows, minimize sources of error, and ensure seamless connectivity.
The solution & key technologies
Our customers demand resilient, scalable lab automation that minimizes variability, accelerates time to insight, and prepares operations for future assays and therapies. Full digital traceability across steps supports compliance in their automation and faster tech transfers from R&D to manufacturing.
By choosing B&R technology, laboratories benefit from adaptive solutions. Robotics, transport, and analysis merge into an optimized process. The B&R portfolio includes high-precision components and smart software that simplify complex workflows and deliver consistent results. Our innovations are future-proof, helping to reduce errors while increasing throughput. B&R hardware and software integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure and processes—for laboratories aiming to achieve excellence every day.
Contamination-free sample handling
Experience a new level of flexibility in sample handling—perfect for networking analysis modules, sorting tasks, and microtiter plate transport. Samples float rather than drive, ensuring a contamination-free process. ACOPOS 6D revolutionizes laboratory logistics with magnetic shuttles that move vials, tubes, and microplates effortlessly between stations in open spaces.
Stainless steel surfaces are easy to clean, and the system is designed without belts or abrasive parts, which reduces maintenance requirements. In addition, the smart routing feature ensures that emergency samples are prioritized and can override other samples when needed.
Scalable controls & Web-based UI
B&R’s solutions offer high performance in a small footprint, ideal for tabletop instruments and compact analyzers. Components are designed to save space, and the web-based HMI (mapp View) provides intuitive smartphone-like interfaces for efficient operation without IT expertise. Connectivity is simple, with seamless integration to Laboratory Information Management Systems using industry standards like OPC UA.
Cleanroom ready Robotics for liquid handling
Perfect for decapping, pipetting, plate handling, and microliter precision. Our controllers coordinate robot kinematics (Delta, SCARA) with dispensing and transport systems at microsecond-level accuracy.
Why choosing B&R for your lab automation journey?
Benefits for the machine manufacturer
- Modularity provides a single platform capable of supporting both individual analyzers and comprehensive lab automation, enabled by unified software and hardware solutions.
- Faster time-to-market is possible through accelerated product launches using pre-built mapp software components for user management, alarms, and FDA-compliant audit trails, thus eliminating redundant development efforts.
- Advanced drive technology ensures ultra-quiet, energy-efficient operation that meets rigorous noise standards, making it suitable for demanding laboratory environments.
Benefits for End Users
- Increased autonomy allows staff to spend less time on routine tasks.
- Real-time tracking ensures accurate data integrity for every sample.
- Software-based workflow updates provide flexibility for new test kits or protocols without hardware changes.
References and success stories
Insights into real-world applications and partnerships: See how companies worldwide are benefiting from our solutions.
Medical Devices
Medical device assembly is becoming smaller, more complex, and highly personalized. B&R’s adaptive automation solutions ensure flexible, sterile, and traceable production that boosts throughput and maintains consistent quality.
Pharmaceutical
Pharma manufacturers need speed without compromising compliance. Discover how B&R enables agile, data-driven production with full traceability and future-proof automation.
