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Overview
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) is a DOE Office of Science user facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. It provides synchrotron X-ray beams for materials science, chemistry, and structural biology research.
Agentic AI Deployment (July 2026)
- Beamline: BL17-2 six-circle diffractometer
- Task: Autonomous X-ray sample alignment for single-crystal scattering
- Agent: LLM-driven agentic AI via mcp tool use; Claude Opus 4 on real beamline
- Training: Virtual simulator mirroring BL17-2; virtual-to-real transfer without beamline-specific customization
- Safety: Human operator typed terminal commands only — passive relay, no decision influence