AI agents ran a biology lab end-to-end: AutoDNA completes DNA read-write cycle in 200 hours
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-11-11
Shanghai Jiao Tong University built AutoDNA, a wet lab designed from scratch for AI. Given a single prompt—write 'Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change' into DNA—multiple agents handled literature review, coded robot-arm control, and operated reagent transfer plus DNA synthesis/sequencing machines, completing a full read-write cycle in 200 hours with expert-level precision. Humans only emptied trash and restocked supplies. The robotic arms operate over 20 device types, and the team argues self-driving labs free scientists to focus on analysis, hypotheses, and brainstorming.
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