4 papers
LabRobFail: A Benchmark for Robotic Failure Analysis in Chemical Self-driving Laboratory
Haobo Wang, Baoli Sun, Anqi Zou +8
The deployment of embodied agents in self-driving laboratories could accelerate scientific discovery, yet their reliability is constrained by the irreversible and safety-critical n…
UniVTAC: A Unified Simulation Platform for Visuo-Tactile Manipulation Data Generation, Learning, and Benchmarking
Baijun Chen, Weijie Wan, Tianxing Chen +13
Robotic manipulation has seen rapid progress with vision-language-action (VLA) policies. However, visuo-tactile perception is critical for contact-rich manipulation, as tasks such…
LabUtopia: High-Fidelity Simulation and Hierarchical Benchmark for Scientific Embodied Agents
Rui Li, Zixuan Hu, Wenxi Qu +13
Scientific embodied agents play a crucial role in modern laboratories by automating complex experimental workflows. Compared to typical household environments, laboratory settings…
Position: Intelligent Science Laboratory Requires the Integration of Cognitive and Embodied AI
Sha Zhang, Suorong Yang, Tong Xie +18
Scientific discovery has long been constrained by human limitations in expertise, physical capability, and sleep cycles. The recent rise of AI scientists and automated laboratories…