Genentech uses Claude with Anthropic's MHS to run autonomous lab experiments
AllThingsApx · x · 2026-08-29
rickwierenga shares that Genentech is using PyLabRobot via Anthropic's newly announced MHS (model hardware standard) — essentially MCP for hardware — toward autonomous lab automation.
In this setup, Claude coordinates a liquid handler, robotic arm, and plate reader to run a BCA assay: analyzing the resulting data, optimizing liquid-handling parameters, and adapting next steps based on results.
PyLabRobot already offers a hardware-agnostic interface for lab equipment, but reliable agent access to the physical world still faces big infrastructure challenges around hardware discovery and capability understanding — what MHS aims to solve.
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