self-driving labs (SDLs)
![Martin Seifrid with arms folding and smiling, stands in front of lab equipment. The framework of the workstation behind him is painted a medium blue.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Martin-Seifrid_equipment-2.jpg)
Martin Seifrid wins Scialog Funding for automated laboratories
![image shows robot in a lab, standing in front of a whiteboard that shows a range of catalytic reactions](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/abolhasani-fast-cat-header.jpg)
AI-driven lab speeds catalysis research
![An autonomous microscope bathed in red and green light.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/autonomous-microscope.jpg)
Autonomous, self-driving microscope accelerates cellular imaging
![Cartoonish image shows a person holding a computer and looking up at a maze of paths that all lead to different glowing lights.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Abolhasani-performance-metrics-2024-HEADER-FULL.jpeg)
Do AI-driven chemistry labs actually work? New metrics promise answers
![](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/december-2023-future-labs-website-image.jpg)
Accelerating the future of innovation in science and technology
![Illustration shows a robot conducting chemistry experiments in front of a high-tech machine.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Abolhasani-SmartDope-2023-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Autonomous lab discovers best-in-class quantum dot in hours; it would have taken humans years
![A closeup of equipment in Milad Abolhasani's existing self-driving lab, known as the "Artificial Chemist 2.0"](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-unc-roi-awardhero-scaled-1.jpg)
Research team awarded UNC ROI grant to accelerate molecular discovery using an autonomous robotic lab
![A robot with a computer brain moves brightly colored chemicals around a board.](https://engr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Abolhasani-AlphaFlow-HEADER.jpg)