Mobile robotic processing cart

A laboratory system comprising:

• a plurality of lab workstations distributed in a lab, the plurality of lab workstations including:
• at least one human operated workstation and at least one robot automated workstation, each of which is configured to run jobs of a work process;
• at least one auto-navigating robot processing vehicle including a processing section configured for holding a sample holder, wherein the at least one auto-navigating robot process vehicle is arranged to transport the sample holder to and from different lab workstations of the plurality of lab workstations;
• and
• a controller communicably connected to the plurality of lab workstations and the at least one auto-navigating robot processing vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive operational job data characterizing each of a number of different jobs that define the work process, each job being run on at least one of the at least one human operated station and the at least one robot automated workstation,
• receive system data from, and describing a state of, one or more of:
• the at least one human operated workstation, the at least one robot automated workstation, and the at least one auto-navigating robot processing vehicle, and
• based on the operational job data and the system data, schedule and coordinate each of the number of different jobs that define the work process with respect to the at least one human operated workstation, the at least one robot automated workstation, and the at least one auto-navigating robot processing vehicle, so as to perform each job in coordination at different workstations of the one or more of the at least one human operated station and the at least one robot automated workstation and effect the work process defined by the different jobs.