D-Konstanz | As part of the TraceBot funding project, around 50 experts from research and industry came together to discuss current opportunities and challenges in laboratory automation. The event was hosted by the health network BioLAGO. The Robotics-4-Labautomation Symposium offered a wide-ranging programme highlighting current topics related to robotics and laboratory automation in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. A wide variety of lectures addressed the topics of sterility in the laboratory as well as challenges and requirements when integrating a robot into a laboratory automation system. Other topics included object identification, robot sensors and AI interaction, and the digital twin. The participants took the opportunity to network and exchange ideas…