The laboratory is the forefront of humanity in science, and a bridgehead for exploring the unknown. While researchers are diligently working in it, laboratory management and safety have also become an important topic. Nowadays, the development of wireless communication technology and Internet of Things technology has provided the possibility of changing laboratory safety management from static and manual to real-time and automatic. Starting from the actual needs of researchers, how to integrate sensing and communication technology into the system while considering low power consumption, user-friendliness, scalability, and stability, is the main challenge of this work. Here in, a laboratory safety management system is proposed, which uses weight sensing and RFID technology to monitor the...[ Read more ]

The laboratory is the forefront of humanity in science, and a bridgehead for exploring the unknown. While researchers are diligently working in it, laboratory management and safety have also become an important topic. Nowadays, the development of wireless communication technology and Internet of Things technology has provided the possibility of changing laboratory safety management from static and manual to real-time and automatic. Starting from the actual needs of researchers, how to integrate sensing and communication technology into the system while considering low power consumption, user-friendliness, scalability, and stability, is the main challenge of this work. Here in, a laboratory safety management system is proposed, which uses weight sensing and RFID technology to monitor the use of chemicals in experiments, and uses gas sensing and sensor network technology to detect and locate hazardous gas leaks. Compared with traditional laboratory safety management solutions, this system provides 24-hour uninterrupted monitoring of hazardous chemicals. Automated operation decreases researchers' manpower consumption, and a user-friendly interface reduces users' learning costs. The data obtained by the system can become an important database for the next step of experiment automation, which is of great significance to laboratory robotization. This success has a wide range of application scenarios, can be quickly commercialized and industrialized, and will become an important part of the future smart laboratory.