Balancing autonomy and expertise in autonomous synthesis laboratories
Nature Computational Science, 2025. [All Versions]. Autonomous synthesis laboratories promise to streamline the plan–make–measure–analyze iteration loop. Here, the authors comment on the barriers in the field, the promise of a human on-the-loop approach, and strategies for…
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AGI & CoCoSci › Papers > Science Logology > Laboratory Automation: “Nature Computational Science, 2025. [All Versions]. Autonomous synthesis laboratories promise to streamline the plan–make–measure–analyze iteration loop. Here, the authors comment on the barriers in the field, the promise of a human on-the-loop approach, and strategies for…”