Anabelle Colaco
30 Aug 2026, 04:12 GMT+10
SAN FRANCISCO, California: Anthropic has unveiled a new framework that allows AI agents to operate physical equipment, including microscopes and robotic arms, for use in scientific research and advanced manufacturing.
The company on August 27 rolled out a research preview of the "Model Hardware Standard," or MHS, which enables AI agents to operate laboratory and manufacturing instruments together and carry out complex tasks.
Those tasks can range from routine drug discovery experiments to laser calibration on a quantum computer, Anthropic said.
By combining agentic AI capabilities with laboratory and manufacturing hardware, the Claude chatbot maker aims to help researchers and engineers carry out autonomous, round-the-clock workflows with minimal human intervention, helping speed up processes.
Anthropic said the standard can work with any device that has a programmable interface and allows devices and AI agents to communicate across networks.
The company is sharing an early version of MHS with partners to help develop safety evaluations before making the framework open source.
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