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Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours (phys.org)

submitted 1 day ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Developing new catalysts requires large-scale, repetitive experiments with frequent changes to catalyst composition and reaction conditions. Manual experiments are time-consuming and error prone. A team has automated this process and significantly increased reproducibility by employing robots to manage reagent compositions and run the repeated tests.

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not arguing against the automation used in this particular case; that sounds perfectly reasonable.

I'm arguing that the only reason it's newsworthy is because companies want to put a positive spin on automation right now, right as the majority of companies expanding automation aren't doing it to benefit workers.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah, thx. Makes sense, now I get it.