Self-driving laboratories in Korea: a new era of autonomous discovery

2026/01/01 by Jiho Hwang, SeongMin Kim, Sooyoun Lim +18 · 1 voice
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Engineering · #Law, AI, and Intellectual Property #Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence #Scientific Computing and Data Management

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d6dd00024j

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/03/20 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

This perspective highlights the current status and future prospects of self-driving laboratories in Korea. It illustrates how AI-robotics integration accelerates material discovery through closed-loop automation and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

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• The inside front cover comes from Jaeyune Ryu, Yousung Jung and their colleagues with a new Perspective on self-driving laboratories in Korea and the new era of autonomous discovery. 👉Read it here: [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]

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