Credits & Acknowledgements

Collaborators¶

The OLA team at 2024.

Open Lab Automata: Automating labs, open-source style!

Nicolás Méndez and Facundo Méndez created the project and are the lead software and hardware developers.
Gastón Corthey co-leads the project, and hosted its development at TECSCI (S.A.S.).

Sofia Dinoia was in charge of all the project documentation as well as the management of social networks and dissemination channels (2024).

Nicolas Mendez and Facundo Mendez created the first prototypes, designed the database schema, and worked on conceptualization, graphic design, protocol validation, step generation, etc.
Anka coop. were part of the team during 2022-2023, collaborating to turn the original software into a polished product.
- Zeynep Elif Tarkan (Frontend Developer) worked on many of the frontend functionalities, especially the platforms and protocols panels.
- Silvina Varela (FullStack Developer) focused on implementing the server-side functionalities, designing and setting up the API and the database. Also responsible for setting up the project structure, and managing the overall frontend architecture.
- Lucas Fernández (Frontend Developer) worked on various frontend functionalities, including the dashboard and the workspace form and list.
- This group of developers was formed by Fiqus Coop.
Pedro Rozadas helped design and conceptualize data schemas and an API module called "Newt", meant to facilitate creating protocols and decks programatically.

Nicolas Mendez created the first prototypes, and designed the MK3 and MK4 hardware.
Franco D'Alleva, Nacho Bergara, and Malena Hidalgo were members of the electronics team (2024), working on setting up motion control hardware.

Pipe designed an alternate version of the tool-changer (2022), based on the GetIt printer.
Solomon has worked on the baseplate system, and designed a nice holder for labware (2022).
Victoria Pozzo Galdon contributed to the redesign and assemlance of the linear actuator, the tool-changer, the cartesian frame structure, and the baseplate. She also worked with FreeCAD as a design tool (2024).
Agustin Ferreira has worked on the design of the linear actuator system and the redesign of the Y axis carriage (2024).
Nicolas Vega (TECSCI) produced parts for the robot at the university's machine shop (2024).

Bruno Serrentino designed the multi-stage tip holder of OLA's electronic pipette (2022), a design still in use today.
Nicolas Mendez continued the development, testing, and volumetric calibration of the micropipette tool, and designed OLA's gripper tool.