Costly instruments sitting idle
Readers, liquid handlers and washers that only run when someone is standing next to them.
Fusion SBS · Automation scheduling software
Automation without the barriers
What if automation didn't start with a big investment?
Fusion SBS connects your instruments into walk-away workflows. Every screen is designed for the scientist at the bench, so you can go from idea to automated run without the traditional complexity or upfront software cost.
ELRIG Drug Discovery 2026ExCeL London · 14–15 October · Stand K16(opens the ELRIG event page in a new tab)The challenge
Sound familiar?
Scientists stuck on repetitive work
Hours of plate moves and manual steps that could be running overnight.
Software built for software engineers
Scheduling tools that need specialist training before anyone can set up a run.
Large investment and annual fees
Big upfront costs and ongoing licences before the first plate is processed.
There's a simpler way
Your pathway to automation
Fusion SBS gives a scientist everything they need to run a workcell, and nothing they don't.
Automation ready
Go from idea to automated workflow, without the traditional complexity or upfront software investment.
Intuitive
No training course. No manual. Just start. Every screen designed for scientists, not software engineers, with guided recovery when something needs attention.
Stay in control
No annual software fees. No unexpected charges. No commercial lock-in.
One guided journey
From empty bench to your first walk-away run
Fusion walks you through teaching, checks every run before it starts, and tells you what to do when something needs you. No specialist training and no scripting.
How Fusion guides you
Teach a robot without being a robotics engineer
- A four-step wizard for every instrument: orientation, seat the jig, teach positions, test.
- The Fusion teaching jig seats the gripper in a known spot, so each position starts from a fixed point.
- Every position is measured from one reference, so the whole deck shares one set of coordinates.
- 3D views show exactly what to do, and you test the pick and place before going live.
Teaching · Step 1, Orientation
Problems show up before you press Run
- One pre-flight screen brings together plate numbers, inventory and system checks.
- Fusion checks the workflow structure, step settings and instrument connections before samples go on the deck.
- Status is written in plain English, such as "1 of 2 system checks passed", and links straight to what needs attention.
- Starting a run on live instruments asks for confirmation, and the approval is recorded in the audit trail.
When something needs you, Fusion says what to do
- Clear status in plain English: what happened, and whether anything is still moving.
- Resume carries on exactly where the run stopped, at the next command. Nothing restarts from the beginning.
- Simple choices, resume or stop, with samples kept safe while you decide.
- Every pause, change and approval is kept in the run history.
Screens from Fusion SBS in development. The released software may differ.
Open by design
Your lab. Your choice of drivers.
Connect instruments through Fusion drivers, the PyLabRobot community, or a driver you write yourself. Connecting an instrument shouldn't depend on one vendor's roadmap.
Fusion drivers
Purpose-built, supported connections for the instruments labs use every day.
PyLabRobot
Community drivers for a growing range of liquid handlers, readers and more, free to use.
Custom drivers
Write a driver in Python with the Fusion Driver SDK when an instrument isn't covered, and load it straight from the interface.
Who it's for
Made for labs taking their first step into automation
Pharma teams
Groups without access to large-scale automation. Start with an island that can connect later.
Biotech & start‑ups
Walk-away automation without big upfront costs or in-house automation experts.
CROs
Reliable walk-away runs for growing plate volumes, without enterprise overhead.
Academic labs & core facilities
Get more from shared instruments, and give students real automation experience.
Fusion OEM · For instrument manufacturers
Your instruments. Your brand.
Fusion OEM is Fusion SBS, customised to your brand, colours and identity, so you can offer walk-away automation as part of a packaged solution with your instruments.
Your name · Your logo · Your colours. Example brands are invented for illustration.
Your brand, front and centre
Your logo, colours and product name on every screen. Your customers see one system, supplied by you.
More value from every instrument you sell
Plate feeding and walk-away runs keep readers, liquid handlers and other high-value instruments working out of hours, so your customers get a stronger return on their purchase.
A complete, packaged solution
Combine your instruments with Fusion software and, where it fits, LabworX automation hardware, and sell it as one ready-to-run system. We develop and support the core platform.
Your instruments, connected your way
Build and maintain drivers for your own instruments with the Fusion SDK, or work with us to build them. PyLabRobot compatibility opens your system to the wider ecosystem too.
Don't take our word for it. Set it up yourself.
Visit us on stand K16 at ELRIG Drug Discovery 2026, or talk to the team about what Fusion SBS could automate in your lab.