Thanks to new technologies like artificial intelligence, scientists are increasingly freed from the constraints of the laboratory. It raises questions about how much humans should outsource to robots.

Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040.

Japan's robot lab operates 24/7 with zero human staff, using 10 autonomous machines to accelerate medical research and drug discovery timelines.

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Lisa Bates, a medical technologist see seen through the window of a PCR analysis machine in the PCR testing lab at Quest Diagnostics on February 9, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The lab is capable of ...

One might expect a hospital’s clinical lab to look like a high school chemistry classroom on steroids, with complex, sterile-looking machines that analyze blood and other specimens and people in white ...

Launch services company Rocket Lab is buying Motiv Space Systems, a company specialising in space robotics, motion control systems, and precision mechanisms for spacecraft. Keep up with developments ...