Researchers are building AI-powered robot labs. What does this mean for science?

NPR | By Katia Riddle

Published May 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT

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.

Katia Riddle

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