ORGANA: A Robotic Assistant for Automated Chemistry Experimentation and Characterization

We present ORGANA: a modular and human-friendly robotic system to enable automation in chemistry labs.
More details about ORGANA can be found at ac-rad.github....
Chemistry experiments can be resource- and labor-intensive, often requiring manual tasks like polishing electrodes in electrochemistry. Traditional lab automation infrastructure faces challenges adapting to new experiments. To address this, we introduce ORGANA, an assistive robotic system that automates diverse chemistry experiments using decision-making and perception tools. It makes decisions with chemists in the loop to control robots and lab devices. ORGANA interacts with chemists using Large Language Models (LLMs) to derive experiment goals, handle disambiguation, and provide experiment logs. \organa plans and executes complex tasks with visual feedback, while supporting scheduling and parallel task execution. We demonstrate \organa’s capabilities in solubility, pH measurement, recrystallization, and electrochemistry experiments. In electrochemistry, it executes a 19-step plan in parallel to characterize quinone derivatives for flow batteries. Our user study shows \organa reduces frustration and physical demand by over 50%, with users saving an average of 80.3% of their time when using it.

[@ShannonJosephGlomb]

you go Organa and friends amazing work :)

[@FLORIDIANMILLIONAIRE]

Why get a robot in my lab when you have beautiful female chemists who can work twice as hard ?