The Autonomous Research System Lets Robots Do Your Lab Work

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently released the open-source ARES_OS , a key software component of their Autonomous Research System. ARES_OS allows relatively simple robots to perform experiments, and develop new experiments based on the results. The AFRL's Benji Maruyama talks with IEEE Spectrum associate editor Dina Genkina about how he hopes the system becomes not just an invaluable helper for grad students, but opens up research to many more people outside traditional labs and enables progress in tackling hard problems like climate change.

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The Autonomous Research System Lets Robots Do Your Lab Work is an episode from Fixing the Future by Stephen Cass.

This episode is 30:15 long.

This episode was published on Feb 21, 2024.

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