ai + lab auto 24hr hack @ studio 45
we're bringing together the best of the bay area ai, hardware, and bio communities to explore solving challenges in lab automation.
**no pre-reqs. all scientists, product designers, software, and hardware engineers welcome**
everyone joining will be expected to demo something by end of the weekend.
we'll have some hardware, robots, and labware:
liquid handler - we'll have opentrons' flex.
robotic microscope - provided by cephla.
**you can also bring your own hardware.** some things we recommend: cameras, meta headset, meta quest headsets, microcontrollers, or other hardware.
we welcome all skill levels and can support 50 builders.
🔑 you must be able to stay through demo on sunday to participate.
before the hack
if you're curious to explore problems and challenges in lab automation before the hack, come to the june 14th intro build!
hack saturday agenda
9:30a check in + breakfast
10:00a kickoff with gautam, cto of opentrons and other guest speakers
11:00a finalize teams
12:00p hack + build #1
6:00p dinner + round table talks
7:00p hack + build #2
12:00a midnight snack, robots sleep too.
sunday agenda
11a final submissions
12p-2p pitching, judges, and showcase
**register for the showcase here**
thank you to our sponsors for helping make it happen!
Studio45 is a clubhouse and coworking space for professionals building physical products.
hardware partners
Opentrons Robotics, a business unit of Opentrons Labworks, Inc., is the industry leader in flexible, user-friendly automation for life science labs. Our open-source ecosystem offers the scientific community the tools they need to automate experiments, share protocols and reproduce each other's results. Check out their AI beta release coming soon.
Cephla is a new spinout that builds open and scalable automated bespoke microscopes with the goal of accelerating discoveries and solutions. Cephla’s products are already being used in top research institutes, leading pharma and biotech companies and fast growing startups.
community partners
Bay area lab automators is a community of scientists, engineers, and tinkerers working at the intersection of hardware, software, and lab innovation.
SF Hardware Meetup, community of 9,500+ hardware professionals meeting monthly to building meaningful connections
SF Deep Tech Week - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to build community in the Deep Tech ecosystem.
if you want to help sponsor this event or volunteer send us a note at michael (at) hardwaremeetup (dot) com