‘Set it and forget it’: automated lab uses AI and robotics to improve proteins

A self-driving lab system spent half a year engineering enzymes to work at higher temperatures.

Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Access through your institution Buy or subscribe A ‘self-driving’ laboratory comprising robotic equipment directed by a simple artificial intelligence (AI) model successfully reengineered enzymes without any input from humans — save for the occasional hardware fix. Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 52 print issues and online access $199.00 per year

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