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Automatic for the people

Nature Methods volume 3, pages 855–866 (2006)Cite this article

More and more scientists now see advantages in automating some of their more repetitive or error-prone tasks. Michael Eisenstein takes a look at systems that are helping to bring robotics into the academic and clinical research laboratory.

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Eisenstein, M. Automatic for the people. Nat Methods 3, 855–866 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1006-855

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