€2.7M
Led end to end
Process validation of a new injectable vaccine manufacturing line — scoped and delivered right-first-time over ~1.5 years.
Automat Labs · Lyon, France
One engineer.
labs.
The X in AutomatX is the subject. Four labs, split by what they improve — a process, a body, a physical thing, a computation — all run with the same method: measure it, automate it, make it reproducible.
01Labs × capabilities
Four labs. capabilities running through them.
Labs are split by what they improve; capabilities are the tools shared between them. Hover or tab through the map to see the connections, select a lab to open it.
Automat Labs
Automat Labs is the independent engineering practice of Yolan Weiler — biomedical & electrical engineer (KU Leuven), based in Lyon. One method applied everywhere: measure it, automate it, make it reproducible.
Drag to rotate · ⌘/Ctrl + scroll or pinch to zoom · tap a star to read →02The labs
Four labs, one method.
Pharma is the consulting practice; sports, robotics and AI are research labs where the work is published as it happens.
Consulting — available for projects
01 · process
Pharma & Process
Improves pharma research and production workflows: Hamilton VENUS method development, production software, GMP validation and industrialisation — delivered by one accountable engineer.
- Hamilton VENUS · liquid handling
- C# · Python · JavaScript
- IQ / OQ / PQ · process validation
02 · body
Sports & Health
Improves the human. Quantifying performance in badminton, running and cycling, and measuring what equipment, clothing and terrain actually change.
- Motion analysis · 39 metrics · SPARC · LDLJ
- Sleep · temperature · biometrics
- Materials · mechanics · sensor → data pipeline
03 · matter
Robotics & Materials
Improves physical things: printed parts, soft actuators, moulded rubber and silicone, and fast prototypes that test an idea.
- 3D printing
- Soft robotics
- Moulding · prototyping
04 · compute
AI & Computing
Improves computation. Following the advances in AI and machine learning, and the chips underneath them: 2 nm nodes, new transistor architectures, imec research.
- AI & machine learning
- Semiconductors · 2 nm · GAA
- AI applied to lab & engineering
03Origin
From a KU Leuven lab to the lab floor.
The method behind every lab started in research at KU Leuven: measure a movement, turn it into numbers, test whether a change really helps. Since then it has run through engineering, software, validation and automation.
KU LeuvenLeuven · Belgium
- MSc Biomedical Engineering magna cum laude
- BSc Electrical Engineering
Research in medical robotics: 6D tracking of a fetal surgeon’s instruments and a quantitative motion analysis of 3D vs 2D vision.
Published Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) · 2023 · with KU Leuven 3D vs. 2D simulated fetoscopy for spina bifida repair: a quantitative motion analysis Ahmad M.A.*, Weiler Y.*, Joyeux L.* et al. With 3D vision the repair was faster (113 vs 149 min, p = 0.026) and the hands travelled less, with fewer corrections. Read on nature.com →Career path
- KU LeuvenResearch
Medical robotics; motion analysis published in Scientific Reports.
- CatalentEngineering
GMP packaging qualification on the manufacturing floor.
- ywdesignSoftware development
Web and application software — this site included.
- PfizerProcess validation
€2.7M injectable vaccine line, validated right-first-time.
- SanofiAutomation
Hamilton VENUS methods and tooling for R&D lab automation.
- Automat LabsToday
One method across four labs: process, body, matter, compute.
04Why AutomatX
Most projects break at the seams.
AutomatX closes them.
S1
Hardware that wasn’t built for the software.
S2
Software that ignores how the instrument actually behaves.
S3
Automation that was never designed to pass validation.
AutomatX carries a project across every discipline — so nothing falls into the gaps between them.
05Track record
Delivered, not theorised.
Yolan Weiler’s engineering track record across pharmaceutical manufacturing, process validation, and lab automation — the foundation the practice is built on.
3×
GMP environments
Full engineering lifecycle across three regulated pharma settings — packaging qualification, injectable fill/finish, and R&D lab automation.
A→Z
Owned with the users
Lab-automation products taken from scientists’ requirements through development to production deployment.
Working on something measurable?
Lab automation project, sensor idea, or a question about one of the labs — get in touch.