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ArticlePhoton science2026

Toward Unified Autonomous Scattering Experiments: A Cross-Facility Case Study at ALS and PETRA III.

Wiebke Koepp, Benedikt Sochor, Dylan McReynolds, Tanny Chavez, Marcus Noack, Raja Vyshnavi Sriramoju, Aidan H Coffey, Yunfei Wang, Enno Henn, Anna Katharina Sambale and 8 more

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Article in Photon science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Wiebke KoeppAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3234-9368
Benedikt SochorAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Dylan McReynoldsAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Tanny ChavezAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Marcus NoackApplied Mathematics and Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7288-4787
Raja Vyshnavi SriramojuAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9581-6073
Aidan H CoffeyAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Yunfei WangAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Enno HennPolymer Materials Engineering, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4642-7384
Anna Katharina SambalePolymer Materials Engineering, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8728-0601
Eric EuchlerPolymer Materials Engineering, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Dresden 01069, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3437-4142
Damon EnglishAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Frank SchlünzenDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg 22607, Germany.
Eric SchaibleAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
Chenhui ZhuAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-5065
Sarathlal Koyiloth VayalilDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg 22607, Germany.
Stephan V RothDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg 22607, Germany.
Alexander HexemerAdvanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autonomous experiments rely on the integration of control, data acquisition, analysis, and decision-making frameworks. While such systems have been demonstrated at individual facilities, adapting them to additional instruments remains challenging due to differences in local infrastructure. We present a modular workflow that connects existing open-source tools for data access (Tiled), workflow orchestration (Prefect), analysis and visualization (pyFAI, Plotly Dash), and Gaussian-process-based adaptive sampling (gpCAM) into a unified framework for autonomous scattering experiments. The same configuration operates across two synchrotron beamlines (ALS 7.3.3 and PETRA III P03) with only minimal facility-specific adjustments, as shown in proof-of-concept demonstrations. This validates that a consistent design emphasizing modularity and shared interfaces can ease deployment across diverse experimental environments. The resulting framework provides a flexible foundation for extending autonomous control and analysis capabilities beyond a single beamline or instrument.

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autonomous experimentsbeamline automationcross-facility workflowsGaussian process regressionsmall- and wide-angle scattering

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PMID42799464
PMCPMC13614438

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