Laboratory automation using labware movement

A method for facilitating parallelized lab operations, comprising:

• translating, via a second set of actuators, a first labware component of a plurality of labware components into alignment with a first processing head of a plurality of processing heads, the second set of actuators being configured to translate labware components of the plurality of labware components along at least a second directional axis and a third directional axis;
• translating, via the second set of actuators, a second labware component of the plurality of labware components into alignment with a second processing head of the plurality of processing heads;
• and
• actuating, via a first set of actuators, the first processing head and the second processing head in parallel to cause the first processing head to interact with the first labware component and to cause the second processing head to interact with the second labware component, the first set of actuators being coupled to the plurality of processing heads and being configured to actuate the plurality of processing heads along a first directional axis that is angularly offset from the second directional axis and the third directional axis,
• wherein the second set of actuators comprises one or more magnetic levitation systems configured to cause movement of the plurality of labware components along the second directional axis and the third directional axis.