Automated laboratory system

A method for operating an automated laboratory system, the method comprising:

• a) supplying a vessel to a vessel supply position of the automated laboratory system, which includes:
• a vessel supply rack for supplying vessels to the vessel supply position,
• a movable vessel pick-up table for picking up and moving a vessel from the vessel supply position to a vessel filling position,
• a movable metering table disposed above the vessel pick-up table, for picking up and moving at least two metering containers configured to hold chemical substances, the metering containers being positionable above the vessel filling position to fill chemical substances into a vessel,
• a scale disposed underneath the vessel filling position, for determining a substance quantity filled into a vessel, and
• a stirrer disposed above the vessel filling position, for mixing substances filled into a vessel;
• b) picking up and moving a vessel from the vessel supply position to the vessel filling position;
• c) positioning a metering container above the vessel in the vessel filling position, and filling chemical substances from the metering container positioned above the vessel, into the vessel and determining the substance quantity filled into the vessel;
• and
• d) mixing the substances filled into the vessel.