DIY Self-Driving Cell-Culture Lab

A modular self-driving lab for cell-culture viability studies, aiming for benchtop reliability at scale. The keystone build is a heater-shaker prototyped for roughly $100 in components using makerspace electronics, salvaged printer stepper motors and 3D-printed PETG, controllable from a local touchscreen, a web client or an automated workflow. Also includes a decapper with an industrial collet design, a flask tipper, a mobile robot, a salvaged six-axis arm, a gantry microscope and a Blockly interface for an OT-1. Next up: food-coloring tests, washdown compatibility, and growing actual cells.

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