Applied Research & Computing provides Carbon, a Rust‑based platform that unifies instrument control, data acquisition, and analysis for autonomous research, test engineering, and manufacturing labs.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Laboratories and manufacturing test facilities often rely on disparate instrument control software, manual data collection, and fragmented analysis pipelines, which hinder the deployment of autonomous AI-driven experiments and slow data‑driven discovery.
Solution
Applied Research & Computing offers Carbon, a Rust‑based integrated platform that unifies instrument orchestration, data acquisition, and analysis into a single runtime. By providing a common control layer for every device protocol, Carbon enables AI agents to schedule experiments, execute tests, and process results without human intervention. The platform’s real‑time execution engine coordinates hardware actions and streams data to built‑in analytics, supporting fully autonomous research, test engineering, and manufacturing workflows. This consolidation reduces integration effort, improves reproducibility, and accelerates the pace of scientific and engineering innovation.
Target Audience
Primary customers are research laboratories, test engineering teams, and manufacturing facilities that aim to implement autonomous experiment execution and data‑driven workflows.
Features
- Single Rust controller that supports all lab instrument protocols, eliminating the need for multiple vendor‑specific drivers
- Real‑time orchestration engine that schedules and synchronizes hardware actions for complex experimental sequences
- Integrated data acquisition pipeline that streams sensor outputs directly to analysis modules
- Built‑in analytics framework for on‑the‑fly processing, quality control, and result summarization
- API layer designed for AI agents to issue commands, retrieve data, and adapt experiments autonomously
- Scalable architecture suitable for research labs, test engineering stations, and manufacturing production lines