NIMO Controller: a self-driving laboratory orchestrator based on the Model Context Protocol

arXiv:2605.15227 · cs.AI, cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cs.RO · Submitted 2026-05-13 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI, cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cs.RO

Submitted: 2026-05-13

Updated: 2026-09-22

Comments: 19 pages, 9 figures

Code: https://github.com/NIMS-DA/nimo-controller

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AI Agents — 8× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Model Context Protocol — 5× in this paper
• Bayesian Optimization — 4× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abstraction — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) — 2× in this paper · explained in 8 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Large Language Models (LLMs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes

Sources

• Update of PHYSBO: Improving Usability and Portability of Bayesian Optimization for Physics and Materials Research

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