Inside the 'self-driving' lab revolution (nature.com) AI

The article reviews how “self-driving” laboratories are using AI, robotics and automated instrumentation to plan and carry out experiments with minimal human input. It highlights systems such as Ross King’s robotic platform Eve/Adam and GPT-4/LLM-driven approaches that can interpret scientific requests, run multi-step procedures, and even adjust based on experimental “eyes.” While the technology is still early and not a full replacement for human expertise, the piece argues it is already improving speed and lowering some research costs, prompting debate about how biology and chemistry may be done in the future.