An automatic analysis method of an automatic analysis device, characterized by, the automatic analysis device comprising an incubation unit comprising a circular carousel which comprises a plurality of container holders for holding reaction containers; the incubation unit further comprises at least one executing station (R1, R2, R3, R4) on a transport track of the circular carousel for performing operations on the reaction containers, the method being used to control rotation of the carousel and operations related to the incubation unit, the operations comprising a plurality of regular operations, the timing of which is not dependent on a predetermined incubation time of a reaction container, and a plurality of self-adaptive operations, the timing of which is dependent on a predetermined incubation time of a reaction container, wherein the analysis method comprises: controlling the rotation of the carousel for a plurality of predetermined transport periods, wherein each transport period comprises at least one regular transport sub-period in which the carousel is rotated a first amount, and at least one self-adaptive transport sub-period in which the carousel is rotated a second amount, the first rotation amount of each regular transport sub-period is determined at least by a reference orientation and a predetermined rotation interval, the reference orientation is defined as an initial orientation of the carousel for the first transport period, and for subsequent transport periods, the reference orientation is defined as a stop orientation where the carousel stops after the rotation for a regular transport sub-period corresponding to a regular transport sub-period of the previous transport period, wherein the second amount of rotation of each self-adaptive transport sub-period is determined by a present position of a reaction container needing self-adaptive operations and the position of an executing station performing the self-adaptive operations; executing the regular operation of the regular transport sub-period during a stop duration of the regular transport sub-period wherein the carousel is stopped after the first amount of rotation; and controlling the incubation unit to transport a reaction container needing self-adaptive operations to and stop at the executing station, the executing station being configured for executing the self-adaptive operations of the self-adaptive transport sub-period and controlling an operation mechanism of the executing station to execute the self-adaptive operations. controlling the rotation of the carousel for a plurality of predetermined transport periods, wherein each transport period comprises at least one regular transport sub-period in which the carousel is rotated a first amount, and at least one self-adaptive transport sub-period in which the carousel is rotated a second amount, the first rotation amount of each regular transport sub-period is determined at least by a reference orientation and a predetermined rotation interval, the reference orientation is defined as an initial orientation of the carousel for the first transport period, and for subsequent transport periods, the reference orientation is defined as a stop orientation where the carousel stops after the rotation for a regular transport sub-period corresponding to a regular transport sub-period of the previous transport period, wherein the second amount of rotation of each self-adaptive transport sub-period is determined by a present position of a reaction container needing self-adaptive operations and the position of an executing station performing the self-adaptive operations; executing the regular operation of the regular transport sub-period during a stop duration of the regular transport sub-period wherein the carousel is stopped after the first amount of rotation; and controlling the incubation unit to transport a reaction container needing self-adaptive operations to and stop at the executing station, the executing station being configured for executing the self-adaptive operations of the self-adaptive transport sub-period and controlling an operation mechanism of the executing station to execute the self-adaptive operations.