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Life & fun · February 11, 2015

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The Autoprotocol Language Standard for Biology

An open standard for life science experimental design and automation.

The Autoprotocol Language Standard for Biology launched on February 11, 2015 with 54 votes and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

In plain words

Autoprotocol is an open standard language for specifying life science experimental protocols in a way that is precise and understandable by both humans and computers. It enables researchers to design experiments that can be executed on remote robotic automation systems, facilitating cloud-based scientific research. Originally developed for internet-based laboratory automation, Autoprotocol has evolved into a community-driven standard used by organizations of varying sizes in the research and biotech sectors.

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An open standard for scientific experimental design and automation. Autoprotocol is a language for specifying experimental protocols for scientific research in a way that is precise, unambiguous, and understandable by both humans and computers. Autoprotocol was originally developed at Transcriptic (now Strateos ) as a way to define experiments that could be run over the internet on remote robotic automation, with the aim of moving research into the "cloud". Since then, Autoprotocol has grown into an open standard with a rapidly growing community of users , both big and small. The fastest way to get started is to read through the Autoprotocol specification and check out the…from autoprotocol.org

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