The benefits of laboratory automation do not come without considerable effort and patience in setting up the systems. Nathan Blow talks with two groups at different stages on the road to automation.
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Blow, N. Lab automation: tales along the road to automation. Nat Methods 5, 109–112 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0108-109
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