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Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours (phys.org)
submitted 17 hours ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

This is proper use of robots. Repetitive work that is error-prone for humans to do.

Also, notice the robot is not in a human form, because it doesn't need all of that overhead. Imagine Elon showing up with one of his robots...

"Why are you trying to sell me a machine that can dance the Charleston and do backflips? I don't need that capability and I don't want to pay for it. I don't even need a robot that can roll, let alone walk and dance."

[–] Wander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The majority of work that can be done by simple arm robots has been replaced with simple arm robots.

The humanoid robots are not going to fulfill that niche.

[–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Then what niche will they fulfill? What work requires a humanoid form?