Collaborative Robotics and Total Laboratory Automation in Clinical Diagnostics
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Laboratory Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 38
Special Issue Editor
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will showcase clinically driven deployments of collaborative robotics and total laboratory automation across pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical workflows in diagnostic medicine. We welcome original research, implementation studies, multicenter pre/post-evaluations, structured reviews, and perspectives that quantify the impact on turnaround time, error rates, and quality metrics. Priority areas include cobot-enabled sample accessioning and logistics, robotic liquid handling for NGS and LC-MS, automated slide handling and digital pathology integration, clinical microbiology TLA, and interoperability with LIS/LIMS using HL7 or FHIR. Submissions must document validation statistics suitable for CLIA/CAP environments, traceability/chain-of-custody controls, and cybersecurity considerations. Manufacturer-led work should include independent clinical co-authors and transparent data access. The goal is to provide reproducible, patient-impacting results that help labs evaluate where robotics and automation deliver measurable gains, identify failure modes, and outline practical adoption roadmaps for small-, medium-, and high-volume clinical diagnostic laboratories.
Dr. Robert S. Ohgami
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- collaborative robotics
- total laboratory automation (TLA)
- diagnostic medicine
- clinical validation
- robotic liquid handling
- digital pathology
- clinical microbiology
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