Absolutely. I worked at a gene sequencing company and I led the software side of making a robotic product[0] to automate the 20-30 minutes of sample preparation time. It's great for lots of uses, but for anything outside the exact thing it automates, it doesn't cover it. For that you need an expert human.
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20250919140427/https://nanoporet...