The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a new $380 million (£285 million) effort to establish a nationwide network of automated laboratories enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), and as part of this initiative North Carolina State University (NCSU) will lead a project that aims to build ‘self-driving’ chemistry labs.

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