---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
pretty_name: ChemLab-Assets
language:
- en
- zh
tags:
- chemistry
- laboratory
- robotics
- embodied-ai
- simulation
- 3d
- urdf
- isaac-lab
- digital-twin
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: catalog
data_files:
- split: train
path: catalog/catalog.parquet
---
## News
- **[2026-10-17] v1.3.0:** 5 new instruments (203 in total); 44 instruments rebuilt with more realistic 3D models.
- **[2026-10-16] v1.2:** 103 built-in reactions, now including light- and current-driven ones; richer reference data; instrument request form.
- **[2026-10-15] v1.1:** real reference data for 17 more instruments, a shared table of 200 compounds, 38 built-in reactions.
- **[2026-10-14] v1.0:** 198 simulation-ready laboratory instruments.
## Overview
Agents that work in a chemistry lab need more than meshes. They need to know that a fume-hood sash travels 673 mm and
stops at 457 mm, that moving a balance's draft-shield door restarts its stability check, and which quantities a policy
may observe and which are hidden ground truth kept for evaluation. ChemLab-Assets ships that knowledge with the geometry.
Each asset is one specific commercial instrument, chosen from a survey of 200 instruments and modules used in university
chemistry teaching and research, and built from published brochures, manuals and papers. The models reproduce documented
behaviour; they are not manufacturer CAD and have not been calibrated against physical units.
This dataset holds everything: models, contracts, runtimes, tests and the catalog. The code is mirrored on [GitHub](https://github.com/mbzuai-nlp/ChemLab-Assets); see also the [Project website](https://mbzuai-nlp.github.io/ChemLab-Assets/).
## At a glance
| | |
|---|---|
| **Instruments** | 203 commercial models from 119 manufacturers, in 16 capability domains |
| **Geometry** | GLB, URDF with primitive collision proxies, 15,258 per-part OBJ meshes, Blender sources |
| **Articulation** | 1,360 joints (936 prismatic, 393 revolute, 31 continuous): doors, sashes, lids, keys and knobs |
| **Contracts** | 15,054 components, 6,479 typed state slots, 4,822 capabilities with JSON-Schema arguments and declared errors |
| **Interfaces** | 667 readouts (displays, LEDs) and 2,547 interface points (place, grasp, ports) |
| **Behaviour** | a Python runtime per instrument: time-stepped process models behind `describe` / `read` / `invoke` / `poll`, agent and evaluator views, seeded noise |
| **Provenance** | 3,501 cited sources; raw third-party documents are not redistributed |
| **Simulation** | all 203 converted to USD and stepped in NVIDIA Isaac Lab through the Matterix framework |
## Gallery
 Chemical fume hood Esco Lifesciences Frontier Acela EFA-5UDUVW-9 |  Gas chromatograph (S/SL inlet + FID) Agilent 7890B |  Analytical balance METTLER TOLEDO XPR204E |  Lab sample-transfer robot arm Brooks Automation PreciseFlex 400 |
 Rotary evaporator IKA RV 10 digital V |  High-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer Thermo Fisher Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120 |  Scanning electron microscope JEOL JSM-IT200 LA |  Freeze dryer BUCHI Lyovapor L-250 Pro |
 Automated liquid-handling robot Opentrons Flex (1-channel 5–1000 µL) |  Benchtop NMR spectrometer Magritek Spinsolve 80 Carbon |  Inert-atmosphere glovebox Inert PureLab HE 2GB |  Atomic force microscope Park Systems NX10 |
Browse all 203 in 3D, with joint sliders and part-by-part annotations, in the [3D explorer](https://huggingface.co/spaces/MBZUAI/ChemLab-Assets-Explorer).
## Instruments by domain
| Domain | Instruments | Examples |
|---|---:|---|
| Thermal, Mechanical & Transport | 23 | Pin-on-disk tribometer (Anton Paar TRB³); Coating scratch tester (Anton Paar RST 300); Nanoindentation tester (Anton Paar HIT 300) |
| Basic Metrology & Sample Handling | 16 | Analytical balance (METTLER TOLEDO XPR204E); Halogen moisture analyzer (METTLER TOLEDO HX204); Oscillating U-tube density meter (Anton Paar DMA 5002) |
| Lab Environment & Utilities | 16 | Muffle furnace (Nabertherm L 9/11/SKM); Tube furnace (controlled atmosphere) (Carbolite Gero TF1 12/60/300); Heating/refrigerated circulator (JULABO CORIO CD-200F) |
| Extraction, Purification & Drying | 15 | Rotary evaporator (IKA RV 10 digital V); Freeze dryer (BUCHI Lyovapor L-250 Pro); Lab spray dryer (BUCHI Mini Spray Dryer S-300) |
| Particles, Pores & Interfaces | 15 | Solid-surface streaming-potential analyzer (Anton Paar SurPASS 3); Gas pycnometer (true density) (Anton Paar Ultrapyc 5000); Gas physisorption surface-area & pore analyzer (Anton Paar Autosorb 6100) |
| Molecular Spectroscopy & Structure | 14 | Circular dichroism spectrometer (JASCO J-1500); Time-domain NMR relaxometer (Bruker minispec mq20); Spectrofluorometer (JASCO FP-8350) |
| Digestion & Solid Sample Prep | 13 | Graphite block digestion system (SCP SCIENCE DigiPREP MS); Planetary ball mill (RETSCH PM 100); Vibratory sieve shaker (RETSCH AS 200 control) |
| Thin-Film & Functional Materials | 13 | Vibrating-nozzle encapsulator (BUCHI Encapsulator B-390); Spin coater (Ossila Spin Coater V3); Dip coater (Ossila Dip Coater V2) |
| Elemental & Mass Spectrometry | 13 | Organic elemental (CHNS) analyzer (Elementar vario EL cube); Total organic carbon analyzer (Shimadzu TOC-L CSH); Atomic absorption spectrometer (Analytik Jena contrAA 800 D) |
| Microscopy, Imaging & Diffraction | 12 | Scanning electron microscope (JEOL JSM-IT200 LA); Transmission electron microscope (JEOL JEM-1400Flash); Small-angle X-ray scattering system (Anton Paar SAXSpace) |
| Biochemical & Wet-Chemistry Assays | 11 | Microplate washer (Agilent BioTek 405 TS (96-tube manifold)); Gel electrophoresis system (Bio-Rad Mini-PROTEAN Tetra + power supply); Gel & blot imager (Thermo Fisher Scientific iBright FL1500) |
| Automation & Gas/Liquid Supply | 11 | Automated powder dosing system (METTLER TOLEDO Quantos Q2 + XPE206DR); Automated liquid-handling robot (Opentrons Flex (1-channel 5–1000 µL)); Automated microplate heat sealer (Azenta Life Sciences Automated Roll Heat Sealer (a4S)) |
| Chromatography & Electrophoresis | 10 | TLC scanner (densitometer) (CAMAG TLC Scanner 4); Capillary electrophoresis system (SCIEX PA 800 Plus); Supercritical fluid chromatograph (SFC) (Agilent 1260 Infinity III SFC) |
| Reaction & Molecular Synthesis | 9 | Microwave synthesis reactor (Anton Paar Monowave 400); Electro-organic synthesis system (IKA ElectraSyn 2.0); Photochemical reactor (HepatoChem PhotoRedOx Box UV-Vis) |
| Electrochemistry & Titration | 7 | Automatic potentiometric titrator (Metrohm OMNIS Professional Titrator); Karl Fischer coulometer (Metrohm 899 Coulometer); Potentiostat / electrochemical workstation (Gamry Reference 620) |
| Analytical Sampling & Interfaces | 5 | Headspace autosampler (48-vial tray) (Agilent 8697); Purge-and-trap autosampler (Teledyne Tekmar Atomx XYZ); Laser ablation sampling system (Teledyne CETAC Analyte Excite+) |