# Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software > Source: > Published: 2026-08-29 09:14:30+00:00 # Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software By Tomislav BezmalinovićSource: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com) [Anthropic](/glossary/anthropic)'s Model Hardware Standard (MHS) gives AI agents a unified interface to physical devices like robotic arms and lab instruments. In early tests, integration time dropped from weeks to hours. But [Claude](/glossary/claude) sometimes failed to grasp physical cause and effect, so human oversight remains essential for now. The article [Anthropic wants to do for physical hardware what its Model Context Protocol did for software](https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-wants-to-do-for-physical-hardware-what-its-model-context-protocol-did-for-software/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com). Get AI news in your inbox Daily digest of what matters in AI.