Authors
S Luo1; O Elnaggar1;
1 University of Liverpool, UK
Abstract
The recent advances in robotics and AI could dramatically speed up development of new materials in the lab and change the image of the chemical sciences. One of the reform is on handling and evaluating the materials properties using robotic solutions to simulate the delicate manual operation of human chemists, for instance, shaking and transferring a pipette. The smARTLab at the University of Liverpool, a state-of-the-art robotics lab, has been dedicated to developing automated robotic platforms that can manipulate and handle the materials, with potential applications in accelerating the pace of discovery in a chemistry lab. There are a few research topics surrounding the theme: we have been developing visual and tactile sensing system to enable a robot to perceive the properties of the objects it interact; we have also developing the automated reasoning algorithms about the best of steps to take in a procedure; with the support of the intelligent coordination system, e.g., Robot Operating System, actions can be executed with the robot hands and mobile platforms. The development of the next generation of robotics will help a chemistry lab in automating the experiments and simplifying the procedures of material discovery.
