[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":526},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$footer":3,"$announcement":139,"$navigation":144,"willi-gottstein-device-integration-bottleneck":347},{"links":4,"social":72,"legal":93,"newsletterErrorMessage":138},[5,19,29,38,47,56,65],{"id":6,"type":7,"tags":8,"lang":9,"slug":10,"first_publication_date":11,"last_publication_date":12,"uid":13,"url":14,"link_type":15,"key":16,"isBroken":17,"text":18,"label":18,"to":14},"l-0","page",[],"en-us","solutions","2026-01-21T11:09:17+0000","2026-09-27T19:30:16+0000","lab-automation-solutions","/lab-automation-solutions/","Document","4a10367c-9d1e-458a-a0f7-728dbe2bd042",false,"Solutions",{"id":20,"type":7,"tags":21,"lang":9,"slug":22,"first_publication_date":23,"last_publication_date":24,"uid":25,"url":26,"link_type":15,"key":27,"isBroken":17,"text":28,"label":28,"to":26},"l-1",[],"product","2025-09-01T01:00:48+0000","2026-10-07T08:24:31+0000","products","/products/","a5f1eb81-8372-4fa7-b475-e86dad2f9ec7","Product",{"id":30,"type":7,"tags":31,"lang":9,"slug":32,"first_publication_date":33,"last_publication_date":34,"uid":32,"url":35,"link_type":15,"key":36,"isBroken":17,"text":37,"label":37,"to":35},"l-2",[],"hub","2025-09-02T13:51:54+0000","2026-05-26T10:20:22+0000","/hub/","7866b4e5-e7c8-4098-9fe7-377e691944b7","Devices",{"id":39,"type":7,"tags":40,"lang":9,"slug":41,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":43,"uid":41,"url":44,"link_type":15,"key":45,"isBroken":17,"text":46,"label":46,"to":44},"l-3",[],"resources","2026-01-21T11:06:49+0000","2026-07-31T13:04:35+0000","/resources/","8b6f5ff0-aa07-46cd-9775-9952f29ed3b0","Resources",{"id":48,"type":7,"tags":49,"lang":9,"slug":50,"first_publication_date":51,"last_publication_date":52,"uid":50,"url":53,"link_type":15,"key":54,"isBroken":17,"text":55,"label":55,"to":53},"l-4",[],"about-us","2025-04-30T08:52:13+0000","2026-09-25T14:49:20+0000","/company/about-us/","77d24f29-d95f-441f-a8f2-e3175a5ef5b8","About",{"id":57,"type":7,"tags":58,"lang":9,"slug":59,"first_publication_date":60,"last_publication_date":61,"uid":59,"url":62,"link_type":15,"key":63,"isBroken":17,"text":64,"label":64,"to":62},"l-5",[],"downloads","2026-03-10T10:07:49+0000","2026-03-20T14:59:07+0000","/downloads/","dd22fa8d-9f4a-413f-a94c-2e4c1220ad38","Downloads",{"link_type":66,"key":67,"url":68,"target":69,"text":70,"id":71,"label":70,"to":68},"Web","f1dbcc0e-3bf3-45ae-9b3c-03fcdefdc2a2","https://unitelabs.jobs.personio.com/","_blank","Careers","l-6",[73,78,83],{"link_type":66,"key":74,"url":75,"target":69,"text":76,"id":77,"label":76,"to":75},"e202bb6f-d390-4045-8f57-7d7a4dff3e6e","https://gitlab.com/unitelabs","GitLab","s-0",{"link_type":66,"key":79,"url":80,"target":69,"text":81,"id":82,"label":81,"to":80},"34c0f8f7-ea14-4ab4-abb9-0c5c31722c74","https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitelabs/","LinkedIn","s-1",{"id":84,"type":7,"tags":85,"lang":9,"slug":86,"first_publication_date":87,"last_publication_date":88,"uid":89,"url":90,"link_type":15,"key":91,"isBroken":17,"text":92,"label":92,"to":90},"s-2",[],"official-information-about-unitelabs","2026-05-06T08:10:20+0000","2026-08-06T08:40:24+0000","llm-info","/llm-info/","7f473901-c1e0-4d90-8bee-c2acd23966b2","Hey AI",[94,105,115,124,133],{"id":95,"type":96,"tags":97,"lang":9,"slug":98,"first_publication_date":99,"last_publication_date":100,"uid":101,"url":102,"link_type":15,"key":103,"isBroken":17,"text":104,"label":104,"to":102},"g-0","legal",[],"unitelabs-end-user-license-agreement","2026-04-23T09:49:18+0000","2026-05-26T12:07:17+0000","eula","/legal/eula/","d1698bf9-c43d-4039-8c98-8cf31182bd65","EULA",{"id":106,"type":96,"tags":107,"lang":9,"slug":108,"first_publication_date":109,"last_publication_date":110,"uid":111,"url":112,"link_type":15,"key":113,"isBroken":17,"text":114,"label":114,"to":112},"g-1",[],"legal-disclosure","2025-05-14T08:35:48+0000","2026-05-26T12:13:31+0000","disclosure","/legal/disclosure/","3bbf513e-3fc0-4d3f-80ad-5db764b33bbc","Disclosure",{"id":116,"type":96,"tags":117,"lang":9,"slug":118,"first_publication_date":119,"last_publication_date":120,"uid":118,"url":121,"link_type":15,"key":122,"isBroken":17,"text":123,"label":123,"to":121},"g-2",[],"privacy-policy","2025-05-14T15:27:59+0000","2026-10-22T11:37:46+0000","/legal/privacy-policy/","017c6841-72e4-4c37-a867-a650347d35b4","Privacy Policy",{"id":125,"type":96,"tags":126,"lang":9,"slug":127,"first_publication_date":128,"last_publication_date":129,"uid":127,"url":130,"link_type":15,"key":131,"isBroken":17,"text":132,"label":132,"to":130},"g-3",[],"cookie-policy","2025-05-14T15:27:48+0000","2026-05-26T12:11:54+0000","/legal/cookie-policy/","a1b14069-ce96-4f0c-be7b-31259b7f1b69","Cookie Policy",{"link_type":66,"key":134,"url":135,"text":136,"id":137,"label":136,"to":135},"a418bd2e-af6a-4b17-b528-f34ee301683c","#cookie-consent-manager/","Cookie Settings","g-4",[],{"text":140,"cta":141},"'Talking to Instruments': Paper Summary + 21-Point Buyer Scorecard",{"url":142,"text":143,"external":17},"/resources/blog/talking-to-instruments-device-integration-standards-paper/","Read more",{"main":145,"social":321,"legal":331},{"mode":146,"items":147},"light",[148,226,230,234,266,292],{"id":149,"tags":150,"lang":9,"slug":10,"first_publication_date":11,"last_publication_date":12,"uid":13,"url":14,"link_type":15,"key":151,"isBroken":17,"text":18,"label":18,"to":14,"level":152,"viewAllLabel":153,"hasGroups":154,"children":155,"slot":225},"0",[],"6a03eb9b-163c-4ccc-98b3-b2660ee758cc",0,"View all solutions",true,[156,169,179,189,199,207,216],{"id":157,"tags":158,"lang":9,"slug":159,"first_publication_date":160,"last_publication_date":161,"uid":162,"url":163,"link_type":15,"key":164,"isBroken":17,"text":165,"label":165,"to":163,"description":166,"level":167,"group":168},"0-p-0",[],"solutions-for-lab-automators","2026-03-10T16:15:28+0000","2026-07-30T09:53:17+0000","automators","/lab-automation-solutions/automators/","3edcd1f4-71e6-4538-96c0-a4fdf93a3094","Automators","",1,"persona",{"id":170,"tags":171,"lang":9,"slug":172,"first_publication_date":173,"last_publication_date":174,"uid":175,"url":176,"link_type":15,"key":177,"isBroken":17,"text":178,"label":178,"to":176,"description":166,"level":167,"group":168},"0-p-1",[],"solutions-for-platform-leaders","2026-04-02T12:14:37+0000","2026-07-23T13:47:11+0000","platform-leaders","/lab-automation-solutions/platform-leaders/","c0a921f5-6508-42ec-8745-3162a6687dac","Platform Leaders",{"id":180,"tags":181,"lang":9,"slug":182,"first_publication_date":183,"last_publication_date":184,"uid":185,"url":186,"link_type":15,"key":187,"isBroken":17,"text":188,"label":188,"to":186,"description":166,"level":167,"group":168},"0-p-2",[],"solutions-for-scientists","2026-04-02T12:15:32+0000","2026-07-23T13:48:06+0000","scientists","/lab-automation-solutions/scientists/","39907433-8560-49c7-a2b1-ad172a691dd0","Scientists",{"id":190,"tags":191,"lang":9,"slug":192,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":193,"uid":194,"url":195,"link_type":15,"key":196,"isBroken":17,"text":197,"label":197,"to":195,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"0-s-0",[],"solutions-ai-driven-labs","2026-10-14T14:13:36+0000","ai-driven-labs","/lab-automation-solutions/ai-driven-labs/","0c227bee-8298-4cb1-b1eb-38c9e03a9aec","AI-Driven Labs","solution",{"id":200,"tags":201,"lang":9,"slug":202,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":193,"uid":203,"url":204,"link_type":15,"key":205,"isBroken":17,"text":206,"label":206,"to":204,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"0-s-1",[],"solutions-closed-loop-automation","closed-loop-automation","/lab-automation-solutions/closed-loop-automation/","d6ddd1c0-3530-4260-8a48-b07b026ffc33","Closed-Loop Automation",{"id":208,"tags":209,"lang":9,"slug":210,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":211,"uid":212,"url":213,"link_type":15,"key":214,"isBroken":17,"text":215,"label":215,"to":213,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"0-s-2",[],"solutions-data-as-a-resource","2026-09-27T19:30:21+0000","data-as-a-resource","/lab-automation-solutions/data-as-a-resource/","b528d738-c00b-46cc-8ae8-8edfb8310cd7","Data as a Resource",{"id":217,"tags":218,"lang":9,"slug":219,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":220,"uid":221,"url":222,"link_type":15,"key":223,"isBroken":17,"text":224,"label":224,"to":222,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"0-s-3",[],"solutions-liquid-handling","2026-09-27T19:34:37+0000","liquid-handling","/lab-automation-solutions/liquid-handling/","9fc29b31-6fac-4469-bf6e-5f3abb24c149","Liquid Handling","dropdown",{"id":227,"tags":228,"lang":9,"slug":22,"first_publication_date":23,"last_publication_date":24,"uid":25,"url":26,"link_type":15,"key":229,"isBroken":17,"text":28,"label":28,"to":26,"level":152,"viewAllLabel":166,"hasGroups":17},"1",[],"82776b86-5408-45ec-8de0-2c95f0f86d6d",{"id":231,"tags":232,"lang":9,"slug":32,"first_publication_date":33,"last_publication_date":34,"uid":32,"url":35,"link_type":15,"key":233,"isBroken":17,"text":37,"label":37,"to":35,"level":152,"viewAllLabel":166,"hasGroups":17},"2",[],"5b9008c9-ed8a-4bdf-aeaf-5037847de32c",{"id":235,"tags":236,"lang":9,"slug":237,"first_publication_date":238,"last_publication_date":239,"uid":240,"url":241,"link_type":15,"key":242,"isBroken":17,"text":243,"label":243,"to":241,"level":152,"viewAllLabel":244,"hasGroups":17,"children":245,"slot":225},"3",[],"discover-our-ecosystem","2026-07-23T13:40:10+0000","2026-10-05T09:37:05+0000","ecosystem","/ecosystem/","8812ff19-1102-449a-9898-eb0d7b1f1177","Ecosystem","View Ecosystem",[246,256],{"id":247,"tags":248,"lang":9,"slug":249,"first_publication_date":250,"last_publication_date":251,"uid":252,"url":253,"link_type":15,"key":254,"isBroken":17,"text":255,"label":255,"to":253,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"3-s-0",[],"join-our-academia-program","2026-07-24T08:28:12+0000","2026-08-04T13:14:20+0000","academia-program","/ecosystem/academia-program/","178e076d-16a5-42e2-914e-95b58d75af37","Academia Program",{"id":257,"tags":258,"lang":9,"slug":259,"first_publication_date":260,"last_publication_date":261,"uid":262,"url":263,"link_type":15,"key":264,"isBroken":17,"text":265,"label":265,"to":263,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"3-s-1",[],"join-our-startup-program","2026-07-23T12:42:12+0000","2026-08-12T14:34:44+0000","startup-program","/ecosystem/startup-program/","8fac5ab9-6327-4b00-bc31-152a6070cfc5","Startup Program",{"id":267,"tags":268,"lang":9,"slug":41,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":43,"uid":41,"url":44,"link_type":15,"key":269,"isBroken":17,"text":46,"label":46,"to":44,"level":152,"viewAllLabel":270,"hasGroups":17,"children":271,"slot":225},"4",[],"d8d6699d-1ef0-4ec7-857a-9b2a23d236d9","View all resources",[272,282,287],{"id":273,"tags":274,"lang":9,"slug":275,"first_publication_date":276,"last_publication_date":277,"uid":278,"url":279,"link_type":15,"key":280,"isBroken":17,"text":281,"label":281,"to":279,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"4-s-0",[],"unitelabs-university","2026-08-05T14:10:49+0000","2026-10-23T09:21:55+0000","university","/resources/university/","963a88fa-8ca6-470b-b89b-ac1b17395713","University",{"id":283,"tags":284,"lang":9,"slug":41,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":43,"uid":41,"url":44,"link_type":15,"key":285,"isBroken":17,"text":286,"label":286,"to":44,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"4-s-1",[],"ef5855a1-14f6-4420-8d47-b747e435ef08","Latest Articles",{"link_type":66,"key":288,"url":289,"target":69,"text":290,"id":291,"label":290,"to":289,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"f094d571-fed4-4fa6-bb5c-b1dce7a7ef07","https://docs.unitelabs.io","Support Docs","4-s-2",{"id":293,"tags":294,"lang":9,"slug":50,"first_publication_date":51,"last_publication_date":52,"uid":50,"url":53,"link_type":15,"key":295,"isBroken":17,"text":55,"label":55,"to":53,"level":152,"viewAllLabel":296,"hasGroups":17,"children":297,"slot":225},"5",[],"0ae2ccc5-50b5-4996-aa4b-0932d219ca0e","About UniteLabs",[298,302,311],{"link_type":66,"key":299,"url":68,"target":69,"text":300,"id":301,"label":300,"to":68,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"ddb8c9c6-d3cd-47fd-9db5-9b43ff5224de","Join the Team","5-s-0",{"id":303,"tags":304,"lang":9,"slug":305,"first_publication_date":23,"last_publication_date":306,"uid":307,"url":308,"link_type":15,"key":309,"isBroken":17,"text":310,"label":310,"to":308,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"5-s-1",[],"contact-us","2026-07-23T13:52:18+0000","contact","/company/contact/","86d985c2-13f2-47ce-b260-d31c86d9ea84","Contact Us",{"id":312,"tags":313,"lang":9,"slug":314,"first_publication_date":315,"last_publication_date":316,"uid":317,"url":318,"link_type":15,"key":319,"isBroken":17,"text":320,"label":320,"to":318,"description":166,"level":167,"group":198},"5-s-2",[],"book-a-demo","2026-06-10T09:41:16+0000","2026-07-31T13:08:48+0000","book-demo","/company/book-demo/","a6f2a642-dcc5-4f38-b931-5e5fdef18743","Book a Demo",{"items":322},[323,325,328],{"link_type":66,"key":324,"url":75,"target":69,"text":76,"id":149,"label":76},"4a60eecf-e97e-4eb0-a504-f9d10a86693e",{"link_type":66,"key":326,"url":327,"target":69,"text":81,"id":227,"label":81},"96154e9d-6839-43a9-a055-7455cca4fb46","https://linkedin.com/company/unitelabs",{"link_type":66,"key":329,"url":330,"text":64,"id":231,"label":64,"target":69},"1dbab050-e74a-4b1d-88cd-5c464c1cc292","https://unitelabs.io/downloads/",{"items":332},[333,336,339,342,345],{"id":149,"type":96,"tags":334,"lang":9,"slug":108,"first_publication_date":109,"last_publication_date":110,"uid":111,"url":112,"link_type":15,"key":335,"isBroken":17,"text":114,"label":114},[],"ac213882-3dc6-4c7b-ab0c-1a11b9a71bda",{"id":227,"type":96,"tags":337,"lang":9,"slug":118,"first_publication_date":119,"last_publication_date":120,"uid":118,"url":121,"link_type":15,"key":338,"isBroken":17,"text":123,"label":123},[],"80f72514-ad3e-46f4-b493-7fe9ebd24f51",{"id":231,"type":96,"tags":340,"lang":9,"slug":98,"first_publication_date":99,"last_publication_date":100,"uid":101,"url":102,"link_type":15,"key":341,"isBroken":17,"text":104,"label":104},[],"e59104d7-5492-4a23-a8d1-5422dea41a1b",{"id":235,"type":96,"tags":343,"lang":9,"slug":127,"first_publication_date":128,"last_publication_date":129,"uid":127,"url":130,"link_type":15,"key":344,"isBroken":17,"text":132,"label":132},[],"4472b377-dbd1-40f5-8f80-d86c2949b6df",{"link_type":66,"key":346,"url":135,"text":136,"id":267,"label":136},"2298e0e6-1e5b-4296-8315-d3bc67917b9c",{"id":348,"uid":349,"url":350,"type":351,"href":352,"tags":353,"first_publication_date":355,"last_publication_date":356,"slugs":357,"linked_documents":359,"lang":9,"alternate_languages":360,"data":361},"avX-7xEAACoAWlH-","willi-gottstein-device-integration-bottleneck","/resources/blog/willi-gottstein-device-integration-bottleneck/","blog","https://unitelabs.cdn.prismic.io/api/v2/documents/search?ref=avYN0REAACcAWmoE&q=%5B%5B%3Ad+%3D+at%28document.id%2C+%22avX-7xEAACoAWlH-%22%29+%5D%5D",[354],"Opinion","2026-11-12T18:13:06+0000","2026-11-12T19:04:49+0000",[358],"qa-device-integration-is-the-biggest-bottleneck-for-self-driving-labs",[],[],{"title":362,"description":368,"image":373,"image_description":383,"author":384,"publish_date":385,"slices":386,"meta_title":524,"meta_description":525},[363],{"type":364,"text":365,"spans":366,"direction":367},"heading1","Q&A: 'Device Integration Is the Biggest Bottleneck for Self-Driving Labs'",[],"ltr",[369],{"type":370,"text":371,"spans":372,"direction":367},"paragraph","Willi Gottstein led nearly 50 experts on a new device-integration paper. We asked him 5 questions about SiLA 2, AI agents and our October hackathon.",[],{"dimensions":374,"alt":377,"copyright":378,"url":379,"id":380,"edit":381},{"width":375,"height":376},1920,1080,"Q&A with Willi Gottstein",null,"https://images.prismic.io/unitelabs/zF1TsG4r-SUVocn-_willi-gottstein-hero-safe.png?auto=format,compress","zF1TsG4r-SUVocn-",{"x":152,"y":152,"zoom":167,"background":382},"transparent","Willi Gottstein on SiLA 2, AI agents and our October hackathon","UniteLabs","2026-11-12",[387],{"variation":388,"version":389,"items":390,"primary":391,"id":522,"slice_type":523,"slice_label":378},"default","initial",[],{"content":392,"table":378},[393,412,415,423,430,434,454,457,465,472,475,478,481,490,498,501,516],{"type":370,"text":394,"spans":395,"direction":367},"We speak to Willi Gottstein, one of the co-authors of the recent industry paper “Talking to Instruments: Device-Integration Standards for Self-Driving Laboratories.”",[396,402],{"start":397,"end":398,"type":399,"data":400},12,27,"hyperlink",{"link_type":66,"url":401,"target":69},"https://www.linkedin.com/in/willigottstein/",{"start":403,"end":404,"type":399,"data":405},58,79,{"id":406,"type":351,"tags":407,"lang":9,"slug":408,"first_publication_date":409,"last_publication_date":410,"uid":411,"url":142,"link_type":15,"isBroken":17},"as-AmxIAACoAh1qP",[354],"talking-to-instruments-what-a-new-paper-says-about-device-integration","2026-10-14T13:58:30+0000","2026-11-12T18:20:06+0000","talking-to-instruments-device-integration-standards-paper",{"type":370,"text":413,"spans":414,"direction":367},"Willi led the group of nearly 50 contributing experts (including our own Dr. Lukas Bromig) from Acceleration Consortium, SiLA Consortium, LADS OPC UA, Merck, Argonne National Laboratory, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, EPFL, and more.",[],{"type":370,"text":416,"spans":417,"direction":367},"He was also a key member of our recent global hackathon, held for 100+ participants from 13 locations on three continents and supported by UniteLabs, SiLA Consortium, Acceleration Consortium, and more.",[418],{"start":419,"end":420,"type":399,"data":421},39,55,{"link_type":66,"url":422,"target":69},"https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7518984362877493248",{"type":370,"text":424,"spans":425,"direction":367},"Read the preprint edition of 'Talking to Instruments' on ChemRxiv.",[426],{"start":152,"end":427,"type":399,"data":428},65,{"link_type":66,"url":429,"target":69},"https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv.15009990/v1",{"type":431,"text":432,"spans":433,"direction":367},"heading2","What made you decide to devote your time to this paper?",[],{"type":370,"text":435,"spans":436,"direction":367},"At our community workshop early in 2026, participants identified device integration as the biggest bottleneck in workflow orchestration for self-driving labs, so we decided to define concrete requirements that buyers and vendors can act on to simplify integration.",[437,448],{"start":438,"end":439,"type":399,"data":440},113,135,{"id":441,"type":351,"tags":442,"lang":9,"slug":444,"first_publication_date":445,"last_publication_date":410,"uid":446,"url":447,"link_type":15,"isBroken":17},"ajKpsREAACgAghwE",[443],"Guide","why-lab-orchestration-is-more-than-teaching-robots-to-talk","2026-06-17T14:33:22+0000","lab-orchestration-explained","/resources/blog/lab-orchestration-explained/",{"start":449,"end":450,"type":399,"data":451},140,157,{"id":452,"type":7,"tags":453,"lang":9,"slug":202,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":193,"uid":203,"url":204,"link_type":15,"isBroken":17},"aMKx0xMAACIAgODy",[],{"type":431,"text":455,"spans":456,"direction":367},"The paper recommends SiLA 2 as the default for multi-instrument academic labs. What tipped it for you?",[],{"type":370,"text":458,"spans":459,"direction":367},"It’s relatively straightforward to get started with the available tooling. A generic SiLA 2 client can discover what an instrument exposes, including parameter types and declared constraints. Because SiLA 2 is a shared standard, the same interface can be reused across orchestrators that support it.",[460],{"start":461,"end":462,"type":399,"data":463},56,73,{"link_type":66,"url":464,"target":69},"https://docs.unitelabs.io/connector-development/",{"type":466,"url":467,"alt":468,"copyright":378,"dimensions":469,"id":470,"edit":471},"image","https://images.prismic.io/unitelabs/BBmEoY-HW1mxXU_x_hackathonrobot.png?auto=format,compress","Hackathon robot",{"width":375,"height":376},"BBmEoY-HW1mxXU_x",{"x":152,"y":152,"zoom":167,"background":382},{"type":431,"text":473,"spans":474,"direction":367},"What goes wrong when an LLM agent drives an instrument through a vague interface?",[],{"type":370,"text":476,"spans":477,"direction":367},"An agent may have to infer units, device state, and whether a command succeeded. For example, if errors are reported only as unstructured text, it may misjudge whether retrying is safe and repeat a physical action when a safe abort would have been appropriate.",[],{"type":431,"text":479,"spans":480,"direction":367},"What surprising things came out of our October hackathon?",[],{"type":370,"text":482,"spans":483,"direction":367},"All 13 participating sites made strong progress building SiLA 2 connectors. What surprised us was how quickly teams could develop these connectors using existing tooling, including AI coding assistants. For some teams, coordinating multi-device workflows has become the next challenge.",[484],{"start":485,"end":486,"type":399,"data":487},57,74,{"id":488,"type":7,"tags":489,"lang":9,"slug":32,"first_publication_date":33,"last_publication_date":34,"uid":32,"url":35,"link_type":15,"isBroken":17},"aLb1oBIAACMADBNW",[],{"type":466,"url":491,"alt":492,"copyright":378,"dimensions":493,"id":496,"edit":497},"https://images.prismic.io/unitelabs/ZziWQE-s8fYwh08g_Globalhackathongroup1.png?auto=format,compress","Global hackathon with UniteLabs, SiLA Consortium, and others",{"width":494,"height":495},640,360,"ZziWQE-s8fYwh08g",{"x":152,"y":152,"zoom":167,"background":382},{"type":431,"text":499,"spans":500,"direction":367},"If labs adopt the scorecard, what does a typical lab look like in 2031? What’s easier, and who benefits most?",[],{"type":370,"text":502,"spans":503,"direction":367},"Integrating an instrument that meets the scorecard should largely involve configuring it and validating its operation within the workflow, rather than reverse-engineering its interface. Smaller labs would benefit most, gaining access to autonomous experimentation without needing a large engineering team to build and maintain custom integrations.",[504,510],{"start":505,"end":506,"type":399,"data":507},186,198,{"id":508,"type":7,"tags":509,"lang":9,"slug":249,"first_publication_date":250,"last_publication_date":251,"uid":252,"url":253,"link_type":15,"isBroken":17},"amDBORIAACcAOcnw",[],{"start":511,"end":512,"type":399,"data":513},237,263,{"id":514,"type":7,"tags":515,"lang":9,"slug":192,"first_publication_date":42,"last_publication_date":193,"uid":194,"url":195,"link_type":15,"isBroken":17},"aMKxxxMAACIAgODX",[],{"type":370,"text":517,"spans":518,"direction":367},"Thanks to Willi for taking the time, and looking forward to our next hackathon together!",[519],{"start":152,"end":520,"type":521},88,"em","rich_text$6b1f2c3e-9a4d-4e7b-8c21-5d0e7f9a1b42","rich_text","Q&A: 'Device Integration Is the Biggest Bottleneck'","Willi Gottstein led nearly 50 experts on authoring a new device-integration paper. We asked him 5 questions about SiLA 2, AI agents and our recent global hackathon.",1794510485785]