Built for real labs
Every decision should survive contact with an actual working bench.
About Rho Automation
Built from a problem we experienced at the bench.
Rho Automation began with a simple frustration: laboratory inventory records were often wrong almost as soon as they were updated.
We wanted a system that reflected reality without asking researchers to stop what they were doing and maintain another manual process.
Our origin
A lab-bench problem, approached with a systems mindset.
Rho Automation was founded by a cancer biology researcher who repeatedly encountered the same issue: the lab's inventory record could not keep pace with the way people actually worked.
The solution was not another form or another spreadsheet. It was to make the physical storage environment itself capable of reporting what was present.
That idea brought together laboratory experience with expertise in machine learning, robotics, detection logic, and hardware integration.
Our principles
What guides the product.
No busywork
A system should not rely on perfect user compliance to remain accurate.
Trustworthy by default
The record must be clear, current, and useful enough that teams rely on it.
The team
Laboratory experience meets automation engineering.
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Co-founder
Noah Wood
MSc student in oncology and cancer biology researcher, focused on shaping the product around the realities of laboratory work.
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Co-founder
Robotics & ML
Leads the machine learning, robotics, detection logic, and systems work that turns raw RFID reads into useful inventory information.
Work with us
Interested in bringing automated inventory tracking into your lab?
We would be glad to learn how your space works and where inventory breaks down today.