Missing reagents, unknown quantities and outdated stock waste time, money and delay experiments. And as more people share materials, keeping track gets harder.
Oscar connects what is physically happening in your lab with your digital inventory.
Oscar automatically tracks stock levels, locations and usage as materials move through the lab. Control who can access them and get alerted when something is running low, missing or out of date - without manual stock counts.
Storage that adapts
Modular shelves support bottles, tubes, plates and custom formats, with room-temperature and refrigerated options. Start with what you need and adapt Oscar as your materials, workflows and storage needs change.
Connect your systems
Connect Oscar to inventory systems, LIMS and other lab software through its HTTP API, keeping physical and digital inventory in sync. Integrate it into your existing workflows and manage inventory remotely as your lab operates.
Inventory built for automation
Oscar goes beyond storing and tracking reagents. It can retrieve, open and dispense materials directly into tubes or plates, bringing inventory into your workflow and automating the first steps of your protocols.
WHO USES OSCAR
From small and ready to fast and steady.
Shared and Research Labs
Keep mixed inventory organised and visible across many users, projects and labs. Manage shared and restricted access while knowing what is available, where it is stored and how much remains.
Read the Genspace story ↗
Biotech and Discovery Labs
Start with what you need today and reconfigure Oscar as your materials, experiments and workflows evolve, without losing visibility across your inventory.
Read the Satomic story ↗
Samples and High-throughput Labs
Track location, quantity, lot/batch, timestamps and access across tubes and SBS plates. Temperature-controlled storage, automated retrieval and workflow integration support structured and higher-throughput workflows.
Read the Prime story ↗
Automated and Cloud Labs
Oscar makes materials machine-readable and accessible to software and robotics. Use the API to connect inventory and location data with automated retrieval, camera inspection, decapping and pipetting.
Read the Zeon story ↗
customise your model
Start with inventory. Add refrigeration and automation as you need it.
Oscar
Automated storage for samples, reagents and everyday lab inventory.
Use Openshelf’s open API to connect inventory systems, LIMS, AI and robotic workflows. Read inventory data, trigger real-world actions and build automated workflows that move from software decisions to physical materials.
Find materials, check quantities and see where everything is stored through a clear, intuitive interface. Get alerts when something is running low, missing or out of date.
Manage access, review inventory activity and monitor your lab remotely. See what is happening across your inventory without having to be physically at the shelf.
We are committed to open source to keep our products evolving, accessibly, for good.
We believe labs should have access to great tools and the freedom to make them their own. That’s why Openshelf is open source. Build on what we’ve created, adapt Oscar to your needs and create new modules, workflows and automation as your lab evolves.
Integrate it
Connect Oscar to the systems and software your lab already uses.
Adapt it
Shape Oscar around your materials, workflows and storage needs.
Extend it
Build new modules, tools and automation on top of Openshelf.
Visit our Github ↗ and Youtube channel ↗ to see how others are building with it.
QUESTIONS?
See for yourself
See Openshelf at work and discuss how it could fit your lab and workflows.
