Chinese-made robot is pushing the boundaries of chemical and clean energy research
- Robotic chemist uses latest artificial intelligence to help scientists make big strides in battery tech and new materials
- Experts say technology could cut research time from hundreds of years to just weeks
A new researcher at a chemistry lab in China is already conducting leading edge investigations with breathtaking speed – and he does not take coffee breaks.
Xiaolai is the world’s first data-driven, all-round AI-chemist robot. Its creators say it can basically do anything that needs to be done in a lab: from testing and synthesis, to identification and isolation of chemicals or materials, known as characterisation.
The robot was created by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, Anhui province: professors Luo Yi and Jiang Jun with the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and Professor Shang Weiwei with the School of Information Science and Technology.
Their research paper appeared in National Science Review under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on September 8.
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