Designs are:
Science 1

Science 2

Science 3

These designs were made with the intent that they could be copied and pasted with blueprints and construction robots to meet science consumption as necessary, provided that the relevant materials for production were delivered. Science 3 is very much a work in progress, I have it functioning in a multiplayer game that's on hold at the moment although I'm well aware it needs more work done to be automated properly.
I was hoping anybody with more experience than me - I have maybe 20, 30 hours of playtime total, and haven't gotten very well-advanced in any of those attempts at playing - could provide advice. Main questions are - is this a dumb terrible inefficient idea, would I be better just mass-producing materials elsewhere and transporting them over? Are there more efficient designs already floating around for something like this?