Patent ID: 11919174
Assignee: ARTIFICIAL, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
identifying, by a lab automation system, a set of steps associated with a protocol for a lab, each step to be performed by a robot within the lab using one or more of lab equipment and reagents;
determining a set of variants for one or more of the robot, lab equipment, and reagents, wherein the set of variants comprises at least two subsets of variants, a first subset comprising variants with the same functionality as the robot, lab equipment, and reagents, the second subset comprising variants with alternate functionality to the robot, lab equipment, and reagents;
rendering, within a graphic user interface of the lab automation system, a virtual representation of the lab, a virtual robot within the lab, and virtual lab equipment and reagents within the lab;
in response to the lab automation system operating in a first mode:
simulating the identified set of steps being performed by the virtual robot to identify virtual positions of the virtual robot within the lab as the virtual robot performs the identified set of steps; and
modifying the virtual representation of the lab to mirror the identified positions of the virtual robot as the virtual robot performs the identified set of steps; and

in response to the lab automation system operating in a second mode:
identifying positions of the robot within the lab as the robot performs the identified set of steps; and
modifying the virtual representation of the lab to mirror the identified positions of the robot as the robot performs the identified set of steps.