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Auditable Human-Agent Teams for Autonomous X-ray Experimentation

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Briefings

This study demonstrates autonomous X-ray experiments on nanoparticle superlattices using coding-agent infrastructure. Across three experiments, 61-67% of messages involved interpretation or judgment, while methodological contributions rose from 46% to 56-61%. Provenance analysis revealed 59-68% of error corrections involved multiple participants, with approximately half of all decisions incorporating another participant's input. The research provides an audit framework to reconstruct decision provenance and characterize cognitive labor division in human-agent teams.

Key points

• Autonomous X-ray experiments on nanoparticle superlattices were successfully demonstrated using coding-agent infrastructure.
• Across three experiments, 61-67% of messages involved interpretation or judgment, while methodological contributions increased from 46% to 56-61%.

Context

Closed-loop autonomous experimentation can accelerate scientific discovery but implementation effort limits accessibility. Agentic systems may lower this barrier, although sustained operation on physical instruments remains largely unexplored.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to three experiments; full audit reconstruction and cognitive labor characterization are restricted to the scope of these specific trials.

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