01 Increased Adoption of Automated Workstations Automated workstations are increasingly used in laboratories to improve performance and productivity. Automated workstations relieve lab personnel from intense concentration demands and fatigue, which can result from various experiments. These automated workstations helped them by freeing them to make more productive utilization of their time. In addition, customized automated lab liquid-handling workstations will keep labs functioning in the absence of the personnel and keep assays moving on weekends so that the research labs can get most of the work completed before the first working day in the week. There is an increased use of customized lab workstations.Many large laboratories employ automated liquid handlers as stand-alone devices, moving plates manually on and off the stage to storage incubators, and readers are using automated workstations. Most labs are adding new features to liquid-handling benchtop analyzers, enabling automation by shifting to workstations. Adopting total lab automation is expensive, where workstations can increase the efficiency of the labs and reduce manual errors in the process. These factors are expected to boost the market during the forecast period.
02 Increased Product Launches The vendors strategically focus on developing and commercial launches of lab-automated analyzers, workstations, and automated process-oriented analyzers. Vendors are launching innovative devices to penetrate and exploit the market's enormous growth potential. Moreover, vendors actively engage in R&D activities and plan to launch innovative products in the coming years. For instance, key players such as Danaher, Agilent Technologies, Tecan, and Thermo Fischer Scientific dominate the global market due to their continuous involvement in product innovations and launches. Similarly, the effect of new product approvals and launches has positively impacted the market and is contributing to the expansion of the market.
01 Slow Adoption of Automation among Smls The adoption of automation technologies has been slow in the market, especially among small and medium-sized laboratories (SMLs). Laboratories investing in automation systems require a larger volume for operation, at least two million tests per year. Only a handful of large laboratories and hospitals implement and benefit from this largely. Many laboratories focus on implementing total laboratory automation, which was a failure in the initial stages. This created a huge resistance to laboratories shifting from manual processes to complete automation. In addition, the cost of automation is very high for SMLs and hospitals, as earning ROI from laboratory automation is a long process. Therefore, such factors hamper the market growth.
01 Robotics Revolutionizing Lab Automation The general definition of laboratory robotics is the use of robotics technology to conduct scientific studies and research activities in a secure environment without the involvement of human hands. Due to the increasing need to protect the safety of human workers and the installation of tight regulatory standards in laboratories, businesses are beginning to adopt robotic technology for crucial process applications. The popularity of robotics in diagnostic laboratories, research and development centers, and other settings is fueled by robots' ability to maintain accuracy and precision and their high-efficiency level.Robotic lab automation proved to be beneficial during the covid-19 pandemic. Robotic labs were crucial in diagnosing COVID-19 samples because they offer end-to-end automation. Many laboratory processes are suited for robotic automation –mostly repetitive movements, such as picking and placing heating and cooling specimens and mixing, shaking, and testing specimens. Much progress has been made in the automation and robotization of analytical separation and processing in recent years. This will likely create a huge market opportunity for vendors catering to this market.