Anthropic Opens the Model Hardware Standard Research Preview: A Shared Interface for AI Agents to Operate Physical Equipment
MHS uses standardized drivers, read/write primitives, natural-language machine descriptions, and MCP/CLI/API control to connect heterogeneous lab and manufacturing equipment to AI agents. The preview includes AWS, Doosan, Universal Robots, Tecan, QIAGEN and others, while emphasizing expert oversight for physical reasoning and safety.
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