| Robot Scientist | |
|---|---|
| Type of project | Scientific Research |
| Location | |
| Owner | Ross King |
| Established | 2004 |
| Funding | EPSRC BBSRC [1] [3] [4] |
Robot Scientist (also known as Adam [5] ) is a laboratory robot created and developed by a group of scientists including Ross King, Kenneth Whelan, Ffion Jones, Philip Reiser, Christopher Bryant, Stephen Muggleton, Douglas Kell, Emma Byrne and Steve Oliver. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
As a prototype for a "robot scientist", Adam is able to perform independent experiments to test hypotheses and interpret findings without human guidance, removing some of the drudgery of laboratory experimentation. [11] [12] Adam is capable of:
While researching yeast-based functional genomics, Adam became the first machine in history to have discovered new scientific knowledge independently of its human creators. [5] [17] [18]
Adam's research studied baker's yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) [2] and is one of two robot scientists along with "Eve" [13] [19] (named after Adam and Eve), a robot currently doing research on drug screening. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
Eve has been used for semi-automated testing for reproducibility of experimental cancer research. [25] [26]
