An automated syringe (Figure 1A was adapted from Yoshikawa et al. to extract and add liquid to the vials. This allows replenishing of the liquid to keep the level constant, replace it periodically if needed or correct the pH with buffer solutions, among other functions. The syringe is programmed on an Arduino UNO, which is integrated into the workflow using Python and can dispense up to 20 milliliters at a time. Similarly, the collaborative robot can be programmed to measure additional parameters such as pH of the solution, in cases where these parameters are of importance to specimen degradation. Such a pH probe could also be monitored by an Arduino controller. The designs and Arduino code for the prototype are available in the Github repository of the project for adaptation and future development.