Laboratories that choose the next experiment

Self-driving laboratories combine AI, robotics and automation: a system proposes an experiment, runs it and uses the result to choose the next step. Today they mostly operate in narrow, well-defined domains.

Results shape the next experiment. An educational cycle of experimentation, measurement and revision. — An educational cycle of experimentation, measurement and revision.
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Main source: Canty & Abolhasani (2026), Nature Reviews Chemistry.

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