Joress, H.
, DeCost, B.
, Jones, K.
, Kusne, A.
, McDannald, A.
, Trautt, Z.
and Tavazza, F.
(2026),
Towards a composable, modular laboratory ecosystem for autonomous materials research and development, Matter, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=959979 (Accessed May 7, 2026)
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Towards a composable, modular laboratory ecosystem for autonomous materials research and development
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Autonomous and automated experimentation have demonstrated the possibility of accelerating materials research and development by orders of magnitude. However, the investment, in both time and money, to design and build these platforms has proven to be a major roadblock in their adoption. This cost is driven by the bespoke nature of these platforms, requiring redundant engineering and the complexity of handling multiple interfaces from multiple vendors. To mitigate these challenges, we propose the development of an autonomous materials research ecosystem. This ecosystem, defined by a set of community-driven standards, allows for these platforms to be rapidly constructed from off-the-shelf modular components designed and built by multiple vendors.Citation
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