Scenario

A repetitive assay eats bench time and invites transcription errors. Moving it to automation means translating the protocol into robot instructions and capturing results straight from the instrument — no manual pipetting, no copy-paste.

Worked example. A serial-dilution potency assay is run nightly and its plate reads must land in the analysis pipeline automatically.

Agent workflow

1. Read the protocol and plate layout.
2. Robotic protocol dispatch — translate steps into robot instructions and execute.
3. Lab result analysis — parse the instrument output, compute the assay readouts, and flag anomalies.

Demo output

A completed automated run with parsed, analyzed readouts and any flagged wells or anomalies — ready for the next stage. The magic moment: the whole assay runs and reports overnight with results already in the pipeline by morning.

Deterministic vs LLM

• Deterministic — the protocol translation and result parsing/analysis.
• LLM — the run summary and anomaly narrative.

Every readout is a validated calculation. The agent reads and routes; the engine decides.

Limits

Requires compatible instrumentation and validated protocols. It automates the run; the lab owns method validation and QC.