Issue 7, 2024

Chemspyd: an open-source python interface for Chemspeed robotic chemistry and materials platforms

Abstract

We introduce Chemspyd, a lightweight, open-source Python package for operating the popular laboratory robotic platforms from Chemspeed Technologies. As an add-on to the existing proprietary software suite, Chemspyd enables dynamic communication with the automated platform, laying the foundation for its modular integration into customizable, higher-level laboratory workflows. We show the applicability of Chemspyd in a set of case studies from chemistry and materials science. We demonstrate how the package can be used with large language models to provide a natural language interface. By providing an open-source software interface for a commercial robotic platform, we hope to inspire the development of open interfaces that facilitate the flexible, adaptive integration of existing laboratory equipment into automated laboratories.

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Feb 2024
Accepted
08 May 2024
First published
22 May 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Digital Discovery, 2024,3, 1319-1326

Chemspyd: an open-source python interface for Chemspeed robotic chemistry and materials platforms

M. Seifrid, F. Strieth-Kalthoff, M. Haddadnia, T. C. Wu, E. Alca, L. Bodo, S. Arellano-Rubach, N. Yoshikawa, M. Skreta, R. Keunen and A. Aspuru-Guzik, Digital Discovery, 2024, 3, 1319 DOI: 10.1039/D4DD00046C

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