Analysis

January 20, 2026

Meet the startups bringing AI and robots to the lab

Autonomous science is transforming not just how research begins, but how it ends

Éanna Kelly

2 min read

High-tech “self-driving” labs, AI drug discovery and gene editing: “A veritable movement of autonomous science is underway,” declares a 2025 paper from the Royal Society, the world's most prestigious science institution.

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Éanna Kelly

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