---
id: "entity-purdue-care"
type: "entity"
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "Center for AI and Robotic Excellence in Medicine (Purdue University)"
aliases: ["Purdue CARE", "Center for AI and Robotic Excellence in Medicine"]
source_timestamps: ["§ 2. Integrate emerging technologies into the drug-development process.", "¶13"]
tags: ["robotics", "case-study"]
related: ["concept-self-driving-labs"]
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-131-medical-drug-discovery"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/04/u-s-medical-centers-need-a-new-model-for-drug-discovery-and-development"
sourceTitle: "U.S. Medical Centers Need a New Model for Drug Discovery and Development"
---
# Center for AI and Robotic Excellence in Medicine (Purdue University)

A research center at **Purdue University** that has launched a **Self-Driving Lab (SDL) initiative** to enable rapid drug development by combining **AI and robotic automation**. It is the article's canonical example of an operating [[concept-self-driving-labs]] and of the **human-in-the-loop** need discussed in [[concept-human-in-the-loop-research]].

**Enrichment context:** exemplifies the automation-and-robotics direction described in the article and adjacent literature on AI-driven discovery.