MHS addresses these challenges by introducing a standardized driver: software that translates between a computer’s operating
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The MHS driver uses a simple set of primitives—commands like “read” (for example, “get temperature”) or “write” (for example, “set temperature”)—that any hardware device can understand and act on.
Key facts
MHS began as a collaboration between Alek Kemeny on Anthropic’s Beneficial Deployments team and Arco Bast, a…
Early adopters include Hugging Face, who are adding MHS support in LeRobot, their robotics library, and Raspberry Pi, who are enabling MHS integration across several their products following
The development of MHS began as a collaboration between Anthropic and HHMI Janelia Research Campus
At HHMI Janelia Research Campus, researchers are using MHS to speed up a range of microscopy-related projects
Summary
They're opening a research preview of the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a shared specification for AI agents to safely operate physical devices, to a first group of scientific research labs and advanced manufacturers. It typically takes a lab or manufacturing facility weeks, if not months, to set up and integrate their hardware. They're sharing an early version of MHS with partners across science, robotics, electronics, and manufacturing so they can collaborate to build safety evaluations and develop best practices for AI systems operating physical equipment, ahead of making the standard open source. Getting multiple devices in a lab or on a factory floor to communicate with one another can be challenging, even setting aside the added difficulty of integrating AI into the setup. MHS addresses these challenges by introducing a standardized driver: software that translates between a computer’s operating system and a hardware device.