NSF backs PoLARIS, a remotely accessible AI robotic lab for soft materials
plopesresearch · x · 2026-07-23
Researchers at UChicago PME, UChicago CS, and Argonne have launched PoLARIS, an NSF-funded effort to build a remotely accessible, AI-driven robotic lab for soft materials. The project is aimed at letting researchers run experiments remotely through a robotized lab setup.
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