Ginkgo Cloud Lab

Overview

Ginkgo Cloud Lab (https://cloud.ginkgo.bio) provides remote access to Ginkgo Bioworks' autonomous lab infrastructure. Protocols are executed on Reconfigurable Automation Carts (RACs) -- modular units with robotic arms, maglev sample transport, and industrial-grade software spanning 70+ instruments.

The platform also includes EstiMate, an AI agent that accepts human-language protocol descriptions and returns feasibility assessments and pricing for custom workflows beyond the listed protocols.

When to Use This Skill

• Choosing and ordering a listed Cloud Lab protocol (cell-free expression validation or optimization, fluorescent pixel art, and the newer catalog entries below)
• Preparing inputs (DNA sequence files, pixel-art designs) and understanding outputs, pricing, and turnaround
• Getting a feasibility/pricing assessment for a custom protocol through EstiMate

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