Product profile
Elsie
Elsie is Tactus AI's wheeled two-arm assistant for existing clinical laboratory benches and instruments. Announced at ADLM 2026, it is intended to move sam...
Facts
- Company
- Tactus AI
- Product type
- semi_humanoid
- Status
- announced
- Primary capability
- Operate existing clinical-laboratory workflows
- Website
- https://tactus.ai/platform
About Elsie
Elsie is a wheeled two-arm laboratory robot that uses a wheeled base, lifting body and two arms to work at standard laboratory benches. Depth cameras, wrist force sensing and tactile feedback allow it to handle samples and consumables, open instruments and operate controls designed for human technicians.
Tactus' software converts validated laboratory procedures into reusable robot skills and coordinates Elsie with schedules, instruments and digital records. A simulation environment supports workflow preparation before physical execution, while remote supervision and automatic logging preserve review and quality-control records for clinical laboratory work.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Semi-humanoid
Core: Dual-arm mobility
Function: Lab operations
Audience: Clinical labs
Operations
- Environment
- clinical laboratories, academic medical centres, life-science laboratories
- Primary user
- Clinical laboratory teams
- Role
- Move samples and consumables and operate instruments under validated procedures
- Interaction model
- Autonomous execution after customer quality approval
- Mobility class
- Wheeled mobile manipulator
- Product detail
- planned, held_pending_exact_named_product_media, United States, https://tactus.ai/images/general/robot-product-real.png, Exact official Elsie source was resolution-enhanced and placed on a plain charcoal background without changing the robot, branding, colors, or geometry., dual arm, official_source_enhanced_no_mutation, 2026-08-01, mobile_manipulator, clinical laboratory, semi_humanoid, Semi-Humanoid, wheeled base, 3, 5, mobile_manipulator_platform
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Tactus AI unveils Elsie for clinical laboratory workflows — 2026-07-27
- Tactus AI opens San Diego campus — 2026-06-10
- Tactus AI partners with UC San Diego engineering students on lab-robot gripper — 2026-04-06
- Tactus AI joins the Digital Pathology Association — 2026-03-17
- Tactus AI appoints Michael Quick as chief commercial officer — 2026-02-24