About

Sci-Bots is a Canadian biotechnology company based in Toronto that specializes in producing droplet control systems and accessories for digital microfluidics.

We are proud of the imaginative ways that both beginners and expert researchers around the world use Sci-Bots products. If you have a discovery to share get in touch or use #scibots in your social media posts.

What sets Sci-Bots products apart?

Sci-Bots products provide a cost-effective entry point into digital microfluidics for anyone who is interested in miniaturizing and automating their research. Microfluidic technologies are typically designed for a very specific application which limits what the devices can do. Our products are different. The Sci-Bots platform technology is uniquely reconfigurable and exceptionally versatile which means there are endless applications that can be produced by creative researchers across disciplines.

What applications can Sci-Bots technologies be used for?

Sci-Bots technologies have been used to implement chemical reactions and make measurements in a wide range of applications -- from medical diagnostics in remote settings to hands-free environmental pollutant monitoring. To date, Sci-Bots technology has been featured in over 250 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals by researchers around the world, emerging as a standard against which other systems are compared.

How did Sci-Bots get its start?

The Sci-Bots story began over a decade ago in 2012 when DropBot, an open-source droplet control system for digital microfluidics was developed in Professor Aaron Wheeler’s research laboratory at the University of Toronto. In a short period of time, hundreds of researchers had built their own DropBots by following instructions on a GitHub page and adopted the technology in innovative ways. Sci-Bots was founded in 2016 in response to this community’s calls for quality-controlled pre-built DropBots and related accessories along with technical support.