chapter 1 Robotic Workstations and Systems / chapter 2 Nonrobotic Automated Workstations for Solution Phase Synthesis -- chapter 3 An Automated Microscale Chemistry Workstation Capable of Parallel Adaptive Experimentation / chapter 4 Automated Purification Systems / chapter 5 Parallel Purification / chapter 6 Future Prospects for Automation in Chemistry Discovery / chapter 7 Laboratory Information Management Systems for Laboratory Automation of the Chemical Industries / chapter 8 Design of Chemical Processes for Automated Synthesis / chapter 9 Optimization of Organic Process Chemistry / chapter 10 Automated Calorimetry in Process Development / chapter 11 Parallel Automation for Chemical Analysis