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

Claim 4:
5. A method comprising:
identifying, by a lab automation system, a set of steps associated with a protocol for a lab, each step associated with one or more of lab equipment and reagents;
identifying, by the lab automation system, a plurality of protocol variants, each protocol variant associated with a different first subset of the set of steps performed by a robot and a different second subset of the set of steps performed by a human, and wherein a third subset of the plurality of protocol variants are associated with one or more of an alternate robot and alternate lab equipment with a same functionality as a robot and lab equipment corresponding to one or more steps in the identified set of steps;
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;
simulating, by the lab automation system, each protocol variant by modifying the rendered virtual representation of the lab to show the first subset of steps associated with the protocol variant being performed by the virtual robot and to show the second subset of steps being performed by a virtual human; and
modifying, by the lab automation system, the rendered virtual representation of the lab to include characteristics of each protocol variant, the characteristics including one or more of: an amount of time each simulated protocol variant requires, a resource requirement of the simulated protocol variant, and a measure of automation of the simulated protocol variant.