Robot Scientist could make Drug Development Faster and much Cheaper

Automation is a growing phenomenon within many areas of scientific development especially within the area of research and development of new medicines. The pharmaceutical industry is constantly striving to create new drugs to combat and treat these diseases because of the research timescales and costs involved it's an increasingly difficult challenge and therefore improving the speed of the drug recovery process is of paramount importance. At The University of Manchester, a team of scientists has developed EVE, a scientist robot. EVE uses Artificial Intelligence to identify, sort and separate the compounds which can then help researchers narrow down new drug candidates faster. Artificial intelligence that robots like EVE possess ensures that the speed at which they can process formulae and combinations is much faster than the speed at which a human brain can function.