Google Research builds AI-agent-controlled wet lab with autonomous molecular design loop
Puzzleheaded-King584 · reddit · 2026-10-18
Google Research announced it is bringing AI agents to the wet-lab bench, grounding agents in physical lab robotics to run fast closed-loop molecular design cycles — an 'autonomous wet lab.'
The setup combines a model, self-improving search, and lab-in-the-loop digital twin/hardware, and has reportedly discovered single-digit nanomolar protein binders. The repost's caption "Surely nothing could go wrong" voices sardonic concern about fully automated biology.
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