Use cases

Where readiness shows up in an automated lab.

Illustrative scenarios based on 20 years of running lab automation. Not customer deployments. Alpha field testing starts Q4 2026.

ZACK

Automated workcell · multi-instrument plate transport

Illustrative scenario

Problem: Plates pass through instrument after instrument, but nothing records how they are handled between stations—rough transfers, drops, and fast rotations stay invisible until an assay fails or a plate lands in the wrong place.
How it works: ZACK sits in any SBS nest to check level, then loads like a sample plate and rides through the workcell, streaming two-axis tilt, rotation, shock, drop, bounce, and settle events—each timestamped and tied to the step it marked.
What you'd see: Every handoff gets a journey record, so engineers see which nest, which gripper, and which move needs attention—and compare nests and handoffs run to run instead of watching the workcell run.

Two-axis nest levelPer-handoff events

ZACK Hub

Agent-scheduled overnight screen

Illustrative scenario

Problem: An agent schedules an overnight screen but can't tell whether every station is physically ready.
How it works: Before committing samples, the agent checks each station's readiness record in ZACK Hub.
What you'd see: One nest was bumped during maintenance and shows as unknown, so the agent holds the run and flags the station for a ZACK level check.

LabBoxZeroIn development

Assay development lab · 96-channel head

Illustrative scenario

Problem: Edge-well variability appears in results, but the team has no measured evidence of tip contact or head planarity — only a pass/fail service visit each year.
How it works: A LabBoxZero plate in standard SBS format measures contact across all 96 channels, mapping planarity and Z-axis behavior into timestamped records.
What you'd see: Planarity issues become a measurement anyone can re-run, and calibration records attach to the assay instead of living in a service report.

Per-channel contact

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