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Integrate Analytical Instruments into Your Self-Driving Lab

DATE

November 11, 2026

TIME

8:00 a.m. PT | 11:00 a.m. ET | 4:00 p.m. UK

Overview

Are you planning or building a self-driving lab and wondering how to integrate analytical instruments into the loop? Instrument interfaces may be limited or proprietary, hardware has to work reliably with automation, and measurement and analysis workflows must produce decision-enabling information the speed your loop requires.

In this webinar, Simon Bates and Tom Concolino will explain how analytical measurements can support a self-driving lab and address practical challenges in integrating analytical instruments into these systems. Attendees will learn what to consider when connecting instruments to orchestration software, designing measurement and analysis workflows, integrating hardware and sample handling, and working with vendors to build a reliable closed-loop system.

Key Learning Objectives:

Understand how analytical measurements can provide decision-enabling information to self-driving lab workflows
Identify the key hardware, software, and workflow considerations when integrating analytical instruments
Learn what information to prepare and what questions to ask when engaging instrument and automation vendors

Who Should Attend:

Materials scientists
Chemists
Laboratory managers
Automation engineers
Data scientists
R&D managers

Sponsored by:

Speakers

Simon Bates, PhD
VP of Science and Technology,
Rigaku

Tom Concolino, PhD
XRD Sales Manager,
Rigaku

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