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Chemspyd: An Open-Source Python Interface for Chemspeed Robotic Chemistry and Materials Platforms

April 16, 2024
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ChemRxiv

We introduce Chemspyd, a lightweight, open-source Python package for operating the popular laboratory robotic platforms from Chemspeed. 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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Chemspyd: An Open-Source Python Interface for Chemspeed Robotic Chemistry and Materials Platforms

Martin Seifrid a,b,c, Felix Strieth-Kalthoff b,c, Mohammad Haddadnia ,b,d, Tony C. Wu b,c, Emre Alca b, Leticia Bodo b, Sebastian Arellano-Rubach e, Naruki Yoshikawa c,d, Marta Skreta c,d, Rachel Keunen b,f, Alán Aspuru-Guzik b,c,d,f,g,h,i

a. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. b. Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
c. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada 
d. Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Toronto, ON M5S 1M1, Canada
e. University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON M5S 2R7, Canada
f. Acceleration Consortium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
g. Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E5, Canada
h. Department of Materials Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E4, Canada
i. Lebovic Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON M5S 1M1, Canada

DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-33sfl-v2

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