MADSci Node Modules - MADSci Documentation

Integrated devices and services available for use in your automated and autonomous laboratories. Every module below is published in the AD-SDL organization and was written to run real experiments, so it is the starting point if you have the same hardware.

Verified against the organization on 22 September 2026: 36 modules on MADSci, plus 9 older integrations still on WEI listed at the end.

Liquid handling and formulation¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`big_kahuna_module`	Unchained Labs Big Kahuna, controlled over SiLA 2. Campaign code in `AMEWS_big_kahuna_code`
`ot2_module`	Opentrons OT-2, Flex
`hudson_solo_module`	Hudson SOLO
`barty_module`	Barty the bartending robot, a low cost liquid handler
`n9_module`	N9 automated synthesis platform (private repository)

Plate handling and storage¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`liconic_module`	Liconic STX incubator
`inheco_incubator_module`	INHECO single plate incubator shakers
`a4s_sealer_module`	Azenta A4S automated roll heat sealer
`brooks_xpeel_module`	Brooks XPeel plate seal remover
`hudson_platecrane_module`	Hudson PlateCrane EX
`sciclops_module`	Hudson Robotics Sciclops PlateCrane
`hig_centrifuge_module`	HiG automated plate centrifuge

Plate reading and thermal cycling¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`bmg_module`	BMG VANTAstar microplate reader
`epoch2_module`	BioTek Epoch2 absorbance reader
`hidex_module`	Hidex Sense microplate reader
`biometra_module`	Biometra TRobot II thermocycler

Materials and elemental analysis¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`pe_icp_module`	PerkinElmer Syngistix ICP, AVIO 550 Max
`metrohm_m101_module`	Metrohm M101 multichannel galvanostat
`phenom_sem_module`	Thermo Fisher Scientific Phenom SEM
`aurora_neware_module`	Aurora Neware battery cycler

Fabrication¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`prusa_mk4s_module`	Prusa MK4S 3D printer

Robots and motion¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`ur_module`	Universal Robots arms, end-effectors
`pf400_module`	Precise Automation PF400
`mir_module`	MiR250 mobile base
`vention_rail_module`	Vention rack and pinion linear rail
`pal_module`	PAL System automated sample preparation robot
`openarm_module`	OpenArm open source dexterous arm
`vega_module`	DexMate Vega mobile humanoid
`reachy2_module`	Pollen Robotics Reachy 2 humanoid
`so_arm_module`	SO-ARM101, low cost arm for imitation learning

Sensing, control and utility¶

Module	Integrated device(s)
`camera_module`	USB webcams and laboratory cameras
`labjack_module`	LabJack DAQ devices
`nanodac_module`	Eurotherm nanodac temperature controller, Modbus over TCP
`sierra_mfc_module`	Sierra Smart-Trak 100 mass flow controller, serial over TCP through a Moxa NPort
`zigbee_module`	Low cost Zigbee sensors
`person_module`	Human input, taken as a step inside a workflow

Integrated under WEI, not yet ported¶

These nine were integrated with WEI, the framework that preceded MADSci, and carry no MADSci code on any branch. They are real integrations and the drivers still work, but they need porting before they will run in a MADSci workcell. They are outside the count of 36.

Module	Integrated device(s)
`tecan_module`	Tecan liquid handler
`chemspeed_module`	Chemspeed synthesis platform (private repository)
`biostack_module`	BioTek BioStack plate stacker
`kla_module`	KLA nanoindenter
`henry_module`	“Henry”, a UR5e arm on a MiR250 base driven as one unit
`arduino_module`	Arduino microcontroller I/O
`object_detection_module`	Vision based object detection
`rpl_tag_engine_module`	AprilTag fiducial marker tracking
`fom_module`	Remote interfaces to facility owned instruments

Do not have your instrument here? The Equipment Integrator Guide walks through building a module for it, and madsci new module scaffolds one.

If you’ve got a MADSci Node Module you’ve developed that you want to see included in this list, open a PR!

References¶

Vescovi, R., Ginsburg, T., Hippe, K., & others. (2023). Towards a modular architecture for science factories. Digital Discovery. 10.1039/D3DD00142C