Biology, Running
Continuously.

Intelligent robotics for cell culture automation.

Meet Associan™, the autonomous cell culture platform.

Guided by Willow, an AI agent that plans, monitors, and helps execute cell-culture workflows around the clock.

80–95% Less Manual Operation

Automate routine feeding, passaging, imaging, and plating. Scientists step in only for decisions, not execution — reclaiming nights and weekends without sacrificing quality.

Standardized & Consistent Results

AI-supervised workflows with precise liquid handling and intelligent scheduling deliver predictable confluency, morphology, and >95% batch-to-batch consistency — every action logged, timestamped, and reproducible.

Scalable & Versatile Cell Culture

Produce >1B cells per run (up to 45 T175 flasks) — or culture up to 45 distinct cell lines simultaneously. Same workcell supports both scale-up and diverse experimental workflows.

One Platform, End to End

Handle T-flasks and well plates within a single system — from expansion to assay-ready plates. Incubation, liquid handling, imaging, and decision-making orchestrated end-to-end, fully compatible with downstream automation.

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Associan™ — autonomous cell-culture workcell

An AI agent guiding every step of cell culture.

From protocol planning and simulation to monitoring and run decisions, Willow helps orchestrate the full cell-culture loop while scientists stay in control.

Planning With Natural Language

Speak or type your workflow. Willow drafts protocols, creates projects, schedules runs, and turns scientific intent into executable steps.

Simulating With A Digital Twin

Validate timing, motion, resource use, and run sequence in a virtual workcell before a single tip moves.

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Monitoring With Computer Vision

Track cell state, workcell activity, and run conditions continuously, with visual records captured throughout execution.

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Deciding With Quantification

Trigger feeds, splits, reads, and alerts based on what the cells are doing, not just the calendar. Every decision is logged and reviewable.

-- run-4a82 · plate B12 --
▲ confluency 82.4% crossed threshold
▲ agent: propose split 1:6 at T+38m
· approved by: maya@lab.org · 14:02 EDT
✓ split executed · CV 3.2% · n=96

Scientist in the loop —
as much or as little

Run protocols fully autonomously, approve key decisions, or control steps manually. Associan™ adapts to the level of oversight each workflow requires.

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Full automation or assistive automation, built on the same core.

Associan™ runs complete cell-culture workflows around the clock. Teknician™ gives scientists and automation teams a desktop platform for AI-guided liquid handling, imaging, and protocol execution.

Associan™

Floor-Standing Workcell For Autonomous Cell Culture

The robotic workcell that runs production-scale cell culture around the clock. Integrates the Teknician™ core with an automated incubator, refrigerator, heat bath, gripper, and waste-management — for true 24/7 autonomy.

45+ flasks · multi-brand
>1B cells per run
24/7 hands-free operation
Modular peripheral integration

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Desktop platform

Teknician™

Desktop Automation For Human-Guided Workflows

A desktop platform for AI-guided liquid handling, imaging, and protocol execution. The same intelligent core that powers Associan™ — sized for the bench.

AI-assisted protocol setup
Integrated imaging + confluency
Flasks (T75, T175) + plates
Cross-system integration

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"One person can orchestrate 4–5 robots at the same time, running 20–25 flasks alongside multiple plates in parallel. We can run the same or different cell lines across multiple protocols simultaneously. This level of speed and throughput is something I've never seen in a research lab."

— Research Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University