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author Spurgeon, Steven R.
Abolhasani, Milad
Baddour, Frederick
Comes, Ryan B.
Dravid, Vinayak P.
Egan, Hilary
Emami, Patrick
Epps, Robert W.
Fébba, Davi M.
Gannon, Renae
Gaulding, E. Ashley
Ghosh, Ayana
Gruchalla, Kenny
Guinan, Grace
Hitosugi, Taro
Holden, Michael
Kalinin, Sergei V.
Liang, Yangang
Mangum, John S.
Olszta, Matthew J.
Park, Nathaniel H.
Palmstrom, Axel
Smeaton, Michelle A.
Tellekamp, Brooks
Thornburg, Nicholas E.
Unocic, Raymond R.
Ushizima, Daniela
Vasudevan, Rama K.
White, Robert
Young, Andrew
Zakutayev, Andriy
author_facet Spurgeon, Steven R.
Abolhasani, Milad
Baddour, Frederick
Comes, Ryan B.
Dravid, Vinayak P.
Egan, Hilary
Emami, Patrick
Epps, Robert W.
Fébba, Davi M.
Gannon, Renae
Gaulding, E. Ashley
Ghosh, Ayana
Gruchalla, Kenny
Guinan, Grace
Hitosugi, Taro
Holden, Michael
Kalinin, Sergei V.
Liang, Yangang
Mangum, John S.
Olszta, Matthew J.
Park, Nathaniel H.
Palmstrom, Axel
Smeaton, Michelle A.
Tellekamp, Brooks
Thornburg, Nicholas E.
Unocic, Raymond R.
Ushizima, Daniela
Vasudevan, Rama K.
White, Robert
Young, Andrew
Zakutayev, Andriy
contents Autonomous science is transforming how we discover materials and chemical systems for advanced energy technologies. However, many initially promising systems never reach deployment. This "valley of death" stems from optimization that prioritizes laboratory metrics over industrial viability. We propose a new strategy: "born-qualified" autonomous development, which embeds manufacturability, cost, and durability constraints from the outset. This approach is enabled by four pillars, including the development of multi-objective metrics, causal models, a modular infrastructure, and embedding manufacturing in the discovery loop. Realizing this vision will require sustained, community-wide commitment, but the potential return on that investment is commensurate with the scale of the challenge.
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spellingShingle Born-Qualified: An Autonomous Framework for Deploying Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials
Spurgeon, Steven R.
Abolhasani, Milad
Baddour, Frederick
Comes, Ryan B.
Dravid, Vinayak P.
Egan, Hilary
Emami, Patrick
Epps, Robert W.
Fébba, Davi M.
Gannon, Renae
Gaulding, E. Ashley
Ghosh, Ayana
Gruchalla, Kenny
Guinan, Grace
Hitosugi, Taro
Holden, Michael
Kalinin, Sergei V.
Liang, Yangang
Mangum, John S.
Olszta, Matthew J.
Park, Nathaniel H.
Palmstrom, Axel
Smeaton, Michelle A.
Tellekamp, Brooks
Thornburg, Nicholas E.
Unocic, Raymond R.
Ushizima, Daniela
Vasudevan, Rama K.
White, Robert
Young, Andrew
Zakutayev, Andriy
Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous science is transforming how we discover materials and chemical systems for advanced energy technologies. However, many initially promising systems never reach deployment. This "valley of death" stems from optimization that prioritizes laboratory metrics over industrial viability. We propose a new strategy: "born-qualified" autonomous development, which embeds manufacturability, cost, and durability constraints from the outset. This approach is enabled by four pillars, including the development of multi-objective metrics, causal models, a modular infrastructure, and embedding manufacturing in the discovery loop. Realizing this vision will require sustained, community-wide commitment, but the potential return on that investment is commensurate with the scale of the challenge.
title Born-Qualified: An Autonomous Framework for Deploying Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials
topic Materials Science
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.00639