Modular Chemical Robot Farms for Chemical Manufacturing

药物发现、制造、新材料、农业和绿色能源解决方案都需要化学品，但大多数新化学品都是在世界地理敏感地区手工制造的，很容易受到供应中断的影响。交货期长，而大多数化学品的保质期都很短。自动化可以提高安全性，减少污染，降低能源需求。化学有限公司，一家新成立的格拉斯哥大学分支机构，拥有超过25名员工，正在开发化学合成的自动化技术：由计算机控制的通用化学合成。作为其2500万GB A系列投资的一部分，旨在将公司扩大到100人，Chemify将进行研发，以建造一个可扩展的中试工厂的原型，能够成为按需生产数万亿种化学品的化学“巨型工厂”。通过开发即插即用的化学反应、工艺和净化装置，Chemify将开发一种新的标准化技术，为未来几十年的化学制造奠定基础。Chemify将打破化学家在专门的实验室里用通风柜制造分子的数百年传统。总部设在苏格兰格拉斯哥的Chemify将利用其与格拉斯哥大学世界领先的数字化学团队的合作，并利用其位于大格拉斯哥地区的许多世界领先的制药制造中心的地理位置。

Chemicals are needed for drug discovery, manufacturing, new materials, farming, and green energy solutions, yet most new chemicals are made by hand in geographically sensitive areas of the world and are easily affected by supply disruptions. Lead times are long, and the shelf life of most chemicals is short. Automation can improve safety, reduce pollution, and lower energy requirements.Chemify Ltd., a new Glasgow University spin out with over 25 employees, is developing the automated technology of chemputation: universal chemical synthesis controlled by computers. As part of its ~£25M series A investment aiming at expanding the company to \>100 people, Chemify will undertake research and development to build a prototype of a scalable pilot plant capable of becoming a chemical 'giga factory' for the manufacture of trillions of chemicals on demand. By developing plug-and-play chemical reaction, process, and purification units, Chemify will develop a new standardized technology that will set the basis for chemical manufacturing for the next decades. Chemify will disrupt the centuries old tradition of chemists making molecules in dedicated laboratories with fume hoods. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Chemify will leverage its collaboration with the world leading Digital Chemistry team at the University of Glasgow, and exploit its geographical location with respect to many of the world leading pharmaceutical manufacturing centres located in the Greater Glasgow area.