# Anthropic Opens a Research Preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS): A Shared Specification for AI Agents to Safely Operate Physical Devices > Source: > Published: 2026-08-30 06:12:21+00:00 Anthropic has opened a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared driver specification that lets AI agents discover and safely operate physical devices. Instrument integration that normally takes weeks or months drops to hours: Carnegie Mellon went from raw equipment to a finished dose-response curve in eight, and QuEra's laser relock improved from 58% to 99.3% across 700 trials. MHS is model-agnostic, reachable over MCP, and enforces safety limits in the driver rather than the prompt. The post [Anthropic Opens a Research Preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS): A Shared Specification for AI Agents to Safely Operate Physical Devices](https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/08/29/anthropic-opens-a-research-preview-of-the-model-hardware-standard-mhs-a-shared-specification-for-ai-agents-to-safely-operate-physical-devices/) appeared first on [MarkTechPost](https://www.marktechpost.com).