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DEuLab Duo: two arms, one rhythm
uLab Series
Dual-arm configuration for synchronised, complex sorting and preparation processes — designed for continuous operation.
Two arms, one rhythm
Some laboratory workflows need two hands. Holding and opening. Picking up and sorting at the same time. A single-arm system has to put things down in between — and loses precisely the time it was meant to save.
uLab Duo is the dual-arm configuration of the uLab technology platform. Two arms work in a synchronised, shared rhythm and map complex sorting and preparation processes instead of breaking them into separate steps.
What Duo is built for
- Synchronised processes: both arms work into each other within the same workflow, not one after the other.
- Sorting and preparation: changing sample types, high volumes, tight time windows.
- Centrifugation workflows: loading, unloading, passing on — with no interim placement.
- Continuous operation: designed for 24/7, not for the demonstration slot.
Integration and safety
- Plug and play: installed without structural changes, minimal footprint.
- Integrated sensor technology and AI-supported recognition of sample vessels.
- LIS interfaces to CLSI LIS1-A (formerly ASTM E1381), plus a REST API that is already implemented; SiLA is in preparation, OPC UA is used on a project-specific basis.
- Safety: full ISO conformity, certified safety zones for human-machine collaboration.
- Fast commissioning: technical audit, step-by-step migration, system handover.
No fallback. No intervention. Simply: operation.
This is the standard we ask to be measured against: an autonomous robotic laboratory that runs for weeks — without equipment faults, without downtime, without anyone having to step in at night. In existing installations this is no longer a vision but daily operation. It requires defined workflows and a clean device connection; under those conditions we commit to it, under others we do not.
What we do not promise
uLab Duo is not a laboratory line and does not replace one. Nor does it replace staff — it replaces the repeatable parts of the work. In unknown, unstructured environments it needs preparation. And two arms are not worth it everywhere: where one arm is enough, we recommend uLab Uno.
Your robot. Your data.
Processing runs on the system in the laboratory. A permanent internet connection is not required for operation, and closed laboratory networks are possible. Whatever operating data is produced stays with you: you decide on storage, analysis and deletion, and every task is traceable through uGo+.
Buy or rent: Robot-as-a-Service
uLab Duo is available for purchase or as Robot-as-a-Service. Renting shifts the cost from the capital budget to the operating budget and makes a pilot possible without an investment request having to pass through several committees first.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between uLab Duo and uLab Uno?
uLab Duo works with two arms in a shared rhythm. This makes it possible to run workflows that need a second hand: holding and opening at the same time, synchronised sorting, more complex preparation steps.
Which workflows justify Duo?
Wherever a single arm would inevitably have to put something down in between: sorting and preparation processes with high sample volumes, centrifugation workflows and night operation with changing sample types.
Does the system really run through without intervention?
In existing installations, yes — for weeks in continuous operation, without fallback and without manual intervention. This requires defined workflows and a clean device connection.
How long does commissioning take?
The process is staged: technical audit, step-by-step migration, then system handover. The installation itself requires no structural changes.
Who owns the operating data?
You do. Processing runs on the system in the laboratory, and a permanent cloud connection is not required for operation.
uLab Duo in numbers
2 arms
synchronised in a shared rhythm
24/7
operation without fallback or intervention
LIS1-A
standardised connection to the laboratory system
Where one arm would have to put it down, the second takes hold.
Two arms in a shared rhythm map workflows that would otherwise fall apart into separate steps: holding and opening, picking up and sorting, loading and unloading. The time a single-arm system loses putting things down in between simply never arises here.
Integrated sensor technology, LIS interfaces and fast commissioning are part of it — and the installation requires no structural changes.
In operation
uLab Duo is in daily routine use at MEDILYS, the laboratory group of Asklepios Kliniken. The requirements there are typical of a hospital laboratory: high sample volumes around the clock, scarce specialist staff and no tolerance for errors in allocation.
- MEDILYS Laborgesellschaft – laboratory group of Asklepios Kliniken
- Asklepios Klinik Bad Oldesloe
- Asklepios Nordseeklinik Westerland/Sylt
We are happy to put you in touch with users who can share their experience from routine operation.
The system is a very good way of providing continuous laboratory services at manageable cost, at sites where total lab automation is not an option.
Two weeks in real operation
We look at your sample route and show which steps uLab Duo takes over — and where your team is still needed.
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