ACCELERATE YOUR RESEARCH WITH INTELLIGENT AND AFFORDABLE ROBOTICS
Teknician™
The first AI-powered liquid handling platform compatible with both flasks and plates
AI-Assisted Protocol Setup
Simply speak or type instructions. The AI agent converts natural language into validated, executable protocols, enabling hands-free operation while reducing errors and setup time.
Flasks & Plates, One System
Seamlessly automate workflows across multiple vessel formats, including T-flasks (T75, T175) and well plates. Teknician™ supports everything from large-scale cell expansion to assay-ready plate preparation within a single system.
AI-Powered Imaging
An integrated imaging system captures real-time cell images with optional fluorescence. AI-driven analysis quantifies confluency and cell count to enable data-informed automation and decision-making.
Cross-System Integration
Designed for integration with external robotics and lab automation, including grippers, liquid handlers, plate readers, and downstream analytical instruments—enabling scalable, end-to-end automated workflows.
“One person can orchestrate 4–5 robots at the same time, running 20–25 flasks alongside multiple plates in parallel. We can run the same or different cell lines across multiple protocols simultaneously. This level of speed and throughput is something I’ve never seen in a research lab.”
- Research Scientist at CMU
Associan™
Bridging production-scale cell culture with research-level flexibility.
Fully Autonomous Workflow
Associan™ integrates Teknician™ with an automated incubator, refrigerator, heat bath, gripper, and waste-management system, delivering end-to-end automation from incubation through liquid handling with minimal human intervention.
Scalability + Flexibility
Supports 45+ flasks across multiple brands as well as standard well plates, enabling either large-scale cell expansion (>1B cells per run) or parallel expansion of 45+ distinct cell lines, serving as a shared robotic cell-culture core across labs.
24/7 Hands-Free Operation
Once workflows are initiated, Associan™ operates continuously without requiring on-site supervision or intervention. Scientists may visit the lab as infrequently as once per week for consumable refills, sample loading, or downstream experimental processing.
Modular Integration
Associan™ integrates seamlessly with external robotic systems and is built on a modular architecture that enables future swappable modules for customized and specialized labware, including multilayer flasks, to support increased scalability.
The Autonomous Cell Culture Workflow
Where AI plans, robots execute, and science accelerates.
1
Load & Go
Load cells, flasks, plates, reagents, and tips.
2
Talk to the Robot
Describe your goal in text or voice.
3
Generate, Review, Simulate
AI drafts a protocol for your approval.
Validate in the digital twin before execution.
4
Autonomous Execution
The system runs the protocol end to end.
24/7 operation without human intervention.
5
Live Monitoring & Insights
Cells are imaged on schedule or on demand.
AI supports real-time analysis and review.
6
Experiment Ready
Cells or media are harvested and plated.
Ready for downstream experiments or automation.
Transform Cell Culture in Your Lab
See how AI-driven, autonomous cell culture boosts throughput, consistency, and researcher productivity.