Accelerate experimental workflows and improve R&D productivity through integrated, multi-instrument automation and experiment control with real-time data collection and processing through a single application.

Symyx Automation Studio addresses the full range of automated laboratory activities, from controlling and monitoring to sophisticated multi-technique screening.

Detailed experiment control

• Create procedures from a library by placing actions to define the flow of execution, with predefined loops, math expressions and complex robot and instrument control
• Define source and destination positions using graphical, interactive training with the robot
• Program decision points based on calculations, user input, or previously collected data
• Receive immediate visual feedback of experiment execution, displayed in graphical interfaces, spreadsheets, charts, and logs

Universal interaction with lab equipment

• Instrument-independent control over experimental protocols
• Multi-instrument control over data acquisition and analysis, with support for multiple analytical data types (i.e.: chromatography, spectroscopy, imaging)
• Unparalleled flexibility in instrument control, data acquisition, and data analysis across the wide range of laboratory equipment and data types
• Predefined interface to over 140 devices from nearly 50 different manufacturers

Create multiple custom interfaces

Run protocols and receive real-time feedback on process variables using an intuitive user interface that graphically renders the instrument to make it easy for non-specialist operators to execute standard, predefined tasks or more complex interfaces for specialists executing more demanding workflows.

Configure the right access for different users

Design different user interfaces for:

• Engineers who perform hardware setup and maintenance
• Designers who create and troubleshoot experimental protocols
• Operators who handle the day-to-day running of experiments

Customize the system to meet enterprise requirements

Use the Software Developer Kit to easily:

• Integrate with custom instruments
• Construct new algorithms
• Incorporate custom data analysis
• Create custom applications

Share protocols and data across experiments and groups

Capture experimental data and create reports from a single database; facilitate the retrieval and sharing of experimental protocols and data by globally distributed project teams with powerful, out-of-the-box capability, available during and after runtime, using Symyx Polyview, Microsoft Excel, or Adobe PDF.

• Solubility
• Forced degradation
• Crystallization
• Pharmaceutical API salt selection
• Automated chromatography
• Sample preparation
• Formulation
• Polymer formulation
• Viscous sample formulation
• Coating preparation
• Coating characterization
• Organic/inorganic synthesis
• Homogeneous/heterogeneous catalyst screening

Automation Studio supersedes and enhances Symyx Epoch and Impressionist lab automation software and supports Symyx Benchtop Systems and Integrated Workflows.