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Gerbrand Ceder

Gerbrand Ceder

Professor, UC Berkeley; Principal Scientist, A-Lab

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We have no doubt that a human can perform a higher-quality refinement on these samples. How it works today and how we envision it are still somewhat different. There's just a lot of tool building that needs to be done.

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AI-driven autonomous labs transform materials discovery

New Capabilities

Leading A-Lab development at Berkeley Lab

A new generation of AI systems can now design, execute, and analyze materials experiments with minimal human involvement. In January 2026, researchers at China's Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology published a system called MARS that coordinates 19 large language model agents with robotic platforms—optimizing perovskite nanocrystals in 10 iterations and designing novel water-stable composites in 3.5 hours. Traditional materials discovery takes 10 to 20 years from laboratory concept to commercial product.

Updated Feb 1