# Glass-box autonomous setups

**URL:** <https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/glass-box-autonomous-setups/560>\
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**Created:** [August 26, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/glass-box-autonomous-setups/560 "2025-08-26T21:23:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![npaulson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@npaulson](https://accelerated-discovery.org/u/npaulson)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/glass-box-autonomous-setups/560/1 "2025-08-26T21:23:25Z")

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A glass-box autonomous laboratory is an accessible and simple setup that can be easily replicated and used for development purposes. What are some existing or hypothetical glass-boxes for different scientific domains?

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**Author:** ![sgbaird](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/accelerated-discovery.org/sgbaird/32/341_2.png) [@sgbaird](https://accelerated-discovery.org/u/sgbaird)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/glass-box-autonomous-setups/560/2 "2025-09-05T18:34:44Z")

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Liquid color-matching is an oft-used one, but really more focused on liquid handling workflows and falls into the trap of using optical characterization because it’s more straightforward to automate. It gets a bit boring and doesn’t capture as much complexity, but it’s still often a multi-device setup and one that requires orchestration on a small scale.