Vivarium automation options delivering cost, sustainability, efficiency improvements

Today the path to “leveling up” vivarium operations starts with automation, and this session delivers cost/benefit comparisons for the latest solutions aimed at cost savings, labor efficiency, sustainability and decarbonization, and animal and human welfare. Session leaders examine automation innovations ranging in scope from the cage to whole buildings and illustrate how pressures on programs and budgets are being relieved. They illustrate how AI-optimized cleaning schedules, robotic washing systems, automated guided vehicles, and dynamic ventilation are transforming animal research facilities, and they provide case studies, implementation strategies, and lessons learned.