title: Laboratory automation using robotics and information management systems.
abstract: Many advances have been made in laboratory automation dealing with robotics and data management. There have been many different approaches to these technologies and many successful applications. Current methods employed in automated techniques utilize robotic processors and arms to manipulate and analyze samples, and computerized management of the data generated by these workhorses.
authors.affiliation: SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Harlow, UK.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Franchetti
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D007753:Laboratories; D012371:Robotics