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Aug 29, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How AI Is Gaining Lab Hands and Eyes: Inside Anthropic’s Model Hardware Standard

Anthropic’s Model Hardware Standard (MHS) provides a shared driver‑based specification that lets AI agents safely orchestrate microscopes, liquid‑handling workstations, and robotic arms, with six early case studies showing dramatic speedups, reproducibility gains, and the remaining limits of physical understanding.