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Fig. 04 — Deck, long exposure
Fig. 04a — Exception surface
Fig. 04b — The bench
Automation without losing the bench.
Human-in-the-loop controls so operators can intervene the moment the science drifts — without ripping out the automation already in place.
Robotic synthesis runs were technically correct but opaque — operators could not intervene when the chemistry drifted. We designed human-in-the-loop controls and exception surfaces on top of the existing automation, without stripping agency from the bench.
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- Challenge
- Keep robotic synthesis reliable while giving operators a real way to intervene when the science drifts — without replacing the automation stack.
- What we did
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- 01Audited where silent failures hid inside otherwise “correct” robotic runs.
- 02Designed human-in-the-loop controls and exception surfaces on the existing automation.
- 03Kept bench operators inside the decision loop instead of automating their judgement away.
- 04Made recoverable drift visible early enough to act on.
- Outcome
- Fewer silent failures. Operators recovered runs that previously became scrap.