Laboratory Automation and Digitalization Exhibition Area: Development of a Blueprint for Future Intelligent Laboratories

The Laboratory Automation and Digitalization Exhibition Area at analytica China 2026 closely aligns with national strategies, focusing on the full-life-cycle needs of the biomedical industry to showcase three major innovation directions:

• AIoT-driven device interconnection and process intelligence

Laboratory equipment achieves interconnection through IoT and AI technologies. Researchers remotely monitor and control experimental processes via smartphones, VR devices, wearables, and other devices, significantly improving workflow automation rates. The widespread adoption of digital tools optimizes laboratory data management, while LIMS and cloud solutions enable more efficient collection, evaluation, and storage of experimental results.

• Synergistic advancement of unmanned experimentation and biological security

Intelligent laboratories use robots and robotic arms to handle high-risk samples (pathogens/hazardous materials), reducing staff injury and sample contamination risks. Trace analysis employs non-contact operations to prevent contamination. It also supports 24/7 unattended operations to meet the surging demand for high-precision instruments in industries like new materials and new energy.

• Green and sustainable laboratory practices

Guided by the "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" goals, the laboratory field is accelerating the low-carbon transformation of the energy structure. Through the energy supply revolution, resource recycling reconstruction, and digital technology empowerment, laboratories are transitioning from high-energy consumption units to low-carbon scientific research hubs, driving the formation of a new development model that deeply integrates the "zero-carbon experimental chain" with "green knowledge production".