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  1. 2026

    Anthropic launches Model Hardware Standard (MHS) for AI agents to control physical hardware

    Anthropic announced the Model Hardware Standard (MHS), a new standard that lets large-model-driven AI agents such as Claude safely and quickly operate physical devices including microscopes, robotic arms, liquid handlers and lasers. MHS was developed from a collaboration with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Research Campus and is available as a research preview to a first group of research labs and advanced manufacturers. Hardware and software vendors including AWS, Automata, Danaher, Doosan Robotics, MBF Bioscience, QIAGEN, Tecan, Universal Robots, Hugging Face and Raspberry Pi are adding or testing MHS support.

  2. 2021

    Tecan completes acquisition of Paramit

    Tecan announced that it had successfully completed its acquisition of US-based Paramit Corporation and its affiliates for USD 1.0 billion (CHF 920 million).

  3. 2021

    Tecan announces agreement to acquire Paramit

    Tecan announced a definitive agreement to acquire Paramit Corporation and its affiliates for USD 1.0 billion. The transaction was subject to customary closing conditions and expected to be completed in the coming months.