Laboperator, lab connectivity & Lab Execution system
Efficient, high-quality data.
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Scalable instrument integration
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From micro-automation to full SOPs & robotics
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Open, flexible & standardized
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GxP-ready

Laboperator is a vendor-independent platform that ensures highest data quality standards. It connects all your laboratory devices to your digital ecosystem and combines that with powerful, flexible workflow automation at the bench. Take modern lab informatics into the lab, reduce manual documentation, and improve lab efficiency.

About Laboperator
From research to QC, data quality and autmoation by design.
Laboperator is a vendor-independent platform that ensures highest data quality standards. It connects all your laboratory devices to your digital ecosystem and combines that with powerful, flexible workflow automation at the bench. Take modern lab informatics into the lab, reduce manual documentation, and improve lab efficiency.


Connectivity at scale
Future-proof your lab today.
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The only integration layer you need in the lab.
From hardware- to software-based integrations: Laboperator is built to scale to hundreds and thousands of securely and highly performing real-time connected devices.
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Immediate access to hundreds of integrations.
Our device portfolio includes integrations for hundreds of devices from all leading equipment manufacturers in the industry, and it keeps growing every day.
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Vendor-agnostic, modular, flexible, and standardized.
Didn’t find your instrument in our portfolio? Laboperator can connect to any equipment with a stable interface. Our modular approach and compatibility with standards ensures low integration costs and prioritizes best practices.

Automate data transfer & documentation
Save time & improve data quality.
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Record & visualize laboratory device data.
All data from lab devices is recorded and stored in Laboperator, where it is structured and access-controlled. The data is available in real time for documentation, processing, analysis, auditing, and transfer to other systems.
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Automation and guidance of lab workflows.
Our flexible workflow engine includes all the basics, such as buttons, forms, tables, and calculations, but it also combines them with everything you need for hands-free work at the bench and full automation: logical orchestration, device control, event-based triggers, and real-time data exchange with other systems.

Compliance & traceability
Take your records to the next level.
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Full audit trail
Every event in the system, from configuration to data acquisition and critical events, is tracked, traceable, searchable, and exportable. Invaluable for compliance and remarkably useful in any lab thriving for FAIR data.
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Reporting
Aggregate any data in Laboperator and create custom reports in many common formats (XML, HTML, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, ...) to create the output that you need (PDFs, images, CSV, or template formats).
Integrations
Better together.
Leverage the full potential of your lab with seamless integration across Labforward's product suite or your own lab informatics, creating a unified digital ecosystem for your laboratory operations.



And more...
Use cases
Lab work on autopilot.
Digital guidance, real-time lab monitoring, and smart automation streamlines processes and captures high-quality data. Laboperator lab execution system removes manual documentation work while ensuring protocol compliance and data integrity.
Monitor from anywhere.
Customizable digital dashboards, instant device status, remote control capabilities, and automated alerts—remove manual checks and reduce process interruptions.
Lab automation made simple.
End-to-end automation that connects devices, coordinates data flows, and guides users through digital SOPs—minimize errors while maximizing data quality and traceability.
Digital Process guidance.
Transform paper SOPs into interactive digital workflows that guide lab technicians step-by-step—ensure compliance and maintaining a complete audit trail.
device models are supported by our drivers and generic standard interfaces
manufacturers among the devices in our portfolio
device types are in the portfolio and have been tested with customer end-to-end
Customer reviews
“Labforward is playing an important role for our digital transformation at pRED in Basel and globally. The open platform approach allows us to integrate our existing infrastructure while we can introduce innovative solutions at the same time that help us monitoring and automating lab processes. Besides, together with Roche, Labforward pushes SiLA 2 to the next level in standardized device communication enabling the automation ecosystem.”
Tom Kissling, Lab Automation Partner
Roche
Customer reviews
"With Laboperator we monitor and automate R&D processes in our chemical laboratories. Introducing vendor- and interface-independent technology is a crucial foundation for the vastly adoption of laboratory software solutions.”
Sebastian Christ, Digital Lab Consultant
Bayer
Enterprise-ready architecture
Connect your entire lab infrastructure.
Built for enterprise scale, Laboperator's flexible architecture seamlessly integrates with your existing infrastructure, enabling unified equipment control and secure data flow across your organization.
What is Laboperator?
Laboperator is a Laboratory IoT platform and Lab Execution System (LES).
How does Laboperator work?
It connects and integrates lab devices and software to automate data exchange, documentation, device parameterization, and device control.
What are the benefits of using Laboperator?
Laboperator saves time, reduces errors, enhances data quality and metadata enrichment, enhances traceability, and enables AI/ML-based analysis and optimization.
How does Laboperator enable AI/ML and automation?
By creating a paperless and connected lab, Laboperator enables seamless data capture, storage, and sharing in standardized digital formats, which makes data easier to access, transform, and reuse.
How is Laboperator implemented?
Implementation follows an iterative approach from piloting to global scale-up. Read a case study to learn more.
Does Laboperator integrate with other lab software and systems?
Yes, Laboperator provides various configuration options to integrate with existing lab infrastructure, including LIMS, ELNs, and other 3rd party systems. We have an open RESTful API and are compatible with SiLA 2 and LADS standards for device integration.

See Laboperator in action.
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Explore how Laboperator works
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Talk to our expert to find the right solution for your team
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Optimize your workflow with our electronic lab notebook