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ReviewChemical reviews2024

Self-Driving Laboratories for Chemistry and Materials Science.

Gary Tom, Stefan P Schmid, Sterling G Baird, Yang Cao, Kourosh Darvish, Han Hao, Stanley Lo, Sergio Pablo-García, Ella M Rajaonson, Marta Skreta and 6 more

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Review in Chemical reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 144 papers.

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144citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Surface Ligands in Nanocrystal Electrocatalysis: A Double-Edged Sword.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  9. AI-driven robotics for optics.Science advances · 2026
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  11. Transforming Molecular Synthesis With Large Language Models.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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84 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Gary TomDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8470-6515
Stefan P SchmidDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0965-0208
Sterling G BairdAcceleration Consortium, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
Yang CaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8636-7919
Kourosh DarvishDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 40 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada.
Han HaoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
Stanley LoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0278-5318
Sergio Pablo-GarcíaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
Ella M RajaonsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
Marta SkretaDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 40 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada.
Naruki YoshikawaDepartment of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 40 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2E4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1546-8709
Samantha CorapiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
Gun Deniz AkkocForschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz Institute for Renewable Energy Erlangen-Nürnberg, Cauerstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Felix Strieth-KalthoffDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
Martin SeifridDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5238-0058
Alán Aspuru-GuzikDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George St, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8277-4434

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) promise an accelerated application of the scientific method. Through the automation of experimental workflows, along with autonomous experimental planning, SDLs hold the potential to greatly accelerate research in chemistry and materials discovery. This review provides an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art in SDL technology, its applications across various scientific disciplines, and the potential implications for research and industry. This review additionally provides an overview of the enabling technologies for SDLs, including their hardware, software, and integration with laboratory infrastructure. Most importantly, this review explores the diverse range of scientific domains where SDLs have made significant contributions, from drug discovery and materials science to genomics and chemistry. We provide a comprehensive review of existing real-world examples of SDLs, their different levels of automation, and the challenges and limitations associated with each domain.

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PMID39137296
PMCPMC11363023

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