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Self-driving labs can perform experiments thousands of times faster than a human and they don’t need to sleep. This means more science in less time, but many questions remain, says Alex Wilkins
By Alex Wilkins
Get a glimpse of A-Lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California
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Many PhD students working in labs – the glass beaker and fume cupboard kind – often feel like a glorified robot. Much of the science, especially when it comes to testing new materials, requires repetitive work that can seem like a waste of time and talent.
Using artificial intelligence and robots might alleviate some of this tedious work, and for a long time, the complexity of even simple tasks…
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