An AI agent independently devised a coating recipe for an X-ray mirror and started the deposition system
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🎛 An LLM agent wrote a recipe for sputtering an X-ray mirror and started the machine itself
The author of the study tasked an LLM agent with writing a recipe for sputtering an X-ray mirror — and executing it on a real physical machine. The agent produced the recipe and immediately ran it on the equipment.
On the second attempt, a mirror with the specified period was produced. The first attempt missed.
The work is described in a preprint, and the authors are Chinese scientists. In the comments under the article, one commenter claims that these Chinese scientists are himself.
The case is presented as an example of an autonomous AI agent: it works with physical equipment, not just text.
The article is dated September 16, 2026, and an image is attached to the post. The text and discussion are on Habr
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