[OAC} February 20: Language and UX Design for Cloud Labs with James Baghurst

[Tim Dobbs]

Hi all,

Join Open Automation Club on Friday, the 20th of February at 8:00am Pacific / 11:00am Eastern / 16h UK for a discussion with James Baghurt about his ongoing work prototyping low-cost automation tools for use in cloud labs. James and his team have built an API for cloud labs based on plate wells - this seems like a great opportunity to discuss abstraction layers in automation and share what works and what doesn't.

More from James:

I'll demo a prototype of a well-centric API language where experiments are defined in terms of wells and operations - not plates, grippers, or motion primitives. I'll also share some ideas about how I'm planning to publicly test our cloud lab's APIs to find out whether this abstraction level is the right one for scientists (both human and AI).

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83270897802?pwd=daCXmbN3vrSw5jOeMm5FUpesc4EYkt.1

Shared Notes link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DqOpvehO3UDMq-T97Ioz-0qZSTXJwkM2w8-REAQcpBU/edit?usp=sharing

You'll also receive a calendar invite.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

❤️🤖,
Tim

[Tim Dobbs]

Hi all,

Thanks again to James for presenting last week, and to everyone who joined for the spirited discussion.

Here is the link to the recording of the presentation: https://youtu.be/YjQSTxtE7k0

See you next month!

Tim