Robotic lab assistant accelerates research

9 July 2020 by ideascape

Healthcare

Scientists at the UK’s University of Liverpool have built a robotic lab assistant that's able to perform experiments 1,000 times faster than a human lab assistant, working round the clock. This accelerates testing and research and could lead to faster development of medications as well as results from complex testing medical procedures.

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ideascape @ 2020.07.09 11:04 AM
Read the article and see a video of the lab assistant in action at https://www.theverge.com/21317052/mobile-autonomous-robot-lab-assistant-research-speed.

IdeaSpies @ 2020.07.09 11:31 AM
A bonus that speed is not necessarily the main point. Another benefit is that it allows scientists to explore avenues of research they wouldn’t waste a human’s time on.

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