Physical AI Lab Operators

Hand the bench to a robot. Keep the science.

Describe a protocol in plain language. The Undergrad runs it on your existing bench — vision-verified at every step, logged automatically, no coding required.

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improvement on a molecular cloning protocol — featured in an OpenAI study
$2M+
revenue, fully bootstrapped — biotech customers paid us to automate their labs
MassRobotics
incubated at Boston's leading robotics hub
2026
MTLC Startup Tech Company of the Year · BioTools Innovator · MassTech Digital Twin Accelerator
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MTLC Tech Company of the Year 2026 BioTools Innovator 2026 MassTech Robotics Digital Twin Initiative The Robot Report — Startup to Watch
Our mission

We turn a lab's islands of instruments into one autonomous lab — so scientists are free to focus on discovery, not logistics.

Every instrument on your bench. One rail. One robot.

A thermocycler, magnetic separator, plate reader, centrifuge and liquid handler connected by a single glowing rail with a robot moving between them.
The bottleneck

It isn't ideas. It's the physical work.

AI now generates more hypotheses than anyone can test. The gap isn't discovery — it's at the bench, where the science still happens by hand.

From a lab you operate to a lab that operates itself.

Before and after: a scientist carrying plates by hand versus an autonomous bench running itself.
The thesis

Experimental compute

In software, to test 100 models you spin up instances. We bring the same elasticity to the bench: send the order, the robot runs the experiments, and you get real physical data back — not just a simulation.

Experiments queued
24 runs
Hands-on scientist time
~0 hrs

Scale from 1 to 100 runs. The robot's hands-on demand on your scientists stays flat — that's the point.

Automation that belongs in the lab

Built for how scientists actually work

Plain-language protocols — write protocols the way you'd explain them to a colleague; no scripting, no specialist required.
Works with your equipment — use the instruments and consumables you already trust; no vendor lock-in, no forced replacements.
Fits on your bench — installs directly on existing benches; no dedicated rooms, no facility redesign.
Vision-guided execution — integrated cameras and sensors verify every step and catch errors in real time.
Automatic documentation — every step is logged: what was done, when, and how.
Gets smarter over time — every run strengthens the system; the longer you use it, the more it works like you think.
In their words

What scientists say

“
Robot on Rails has been an essential partner to Red Queen Bio. What they've built is genuinely impressive and has pushed forward what automation can look like in a modern lab.
Nicole Camfield Nicole CamfieldCOO, Red Queen Bio
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The robot handled my 80-sample purification and maintained quality at scale. The most valuable thing wasn't the time saved — it was being able to do an experiment I would never have attempted by hand.
Katherine Rowe Katherine RoweResearch Scientist, Red Queen Bio
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Building this with the best in the field

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