KelvinThe All-in-One Workstation for Physicists

Control your lab with natural language. Kelvin autonomously plans, executes, and logs your measurements.

Let Kelvin Handle the Instruments

Spend less time babysitting parameter sweeps and more time focused on the physics.

Automate Overnight Runs with Confidence

Queue up your scans, approve the sequence, and head home. Kelvin executes them in order while strictly adhering to your safety limits. If an anomaly occurs, it automatically returns the sample to a safe state. Wake up to instant alarms or a comprehensive morning summary sent directly to your phone.

Built-In Safety Protocols

Every command sent through Kelvin—whether generated by AI, written in a script, or triggered manually—must pass through Kelvin's safety gate. Any action that pushes the sample harder is verified against your predefined limits and requires human approval. Kelvin operates in tandem with your hardware interlocks, never replacing them.

Comprehensive Measurement Logging

Every run is recorded in real-time. Kelvin packages all connected instrument settings, the experimental plan, and approval logs into a single, universal HDF5 file—accessible even without the Kelvin application.

Transition Seamlessly from Your Existing Code

Kelvin natively reads your existing code, Python or LabVIEW, and converts your legacy setups into editable scans.

Universal Instrument Compatibility

Kelvin automatically detects devices connected via GPIB, USB, LAN, or serial, matching each to its respective driver card. If an instrument is unrecognized, Kelvin's AI can draft a custom driver directly from the manufacturer's manual.

Keithley 2450SR860Lake Shore 336QD PPMSAMI 430Oxford Mercury iTCKeithley 6221Zurich MFLIKeysight B2900Lake Shore 625QD DynaCoolKeithley 2182ASR830Yokogawa GS200QD MPMS3Lake Shore 350Keithley 2400attocube ANC350
Coherent OBISSRS SG384Keysight PNAThorlabs ITC4000Swabian Time TaggerR&S SMB100ASpinCore PulseBlasterQICK on RFSoCNI DAQKeysight N5183BAndor ShamrockM Squared SolsTiSSRS DG645Teledyne LightFieldKeysight 33500BOcean InsightPfeiffer TPG 36x

Cards are written from the makers' manuals and aren't yet verified on hardware.

Automated Lab Notebooks

Kelvin automatically catalogs every run by sample, keeping your data perfectly organized. Need a weekly summary? Kelvin generates presentation slides, group meeting reports, and detailed entries for your digital lab notebook in seconds.

Collaborative Lab Management

A single rig supports the entire research group with individual user logins. Shared team chats, collective lab history, and detailed activity logs keep everyone on the same page. Kelvin securely references team discussions when prompted, but operates in a read-only capacity to keep your chat clean.

Monitor from Anywhere with Kelvin Mobile

Check on active runs from the breakroom, approve next steps from home, or trigger an emergency stop right from your iPhone. Available in beta on TestFlight, the app provides real-time access to your personal runs and requests, with offline alerts delivered via email or ntfy.

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More time to breathe.
More time for physics.

Kelvin is currently in early access for experimental quantum and condensed-matter laboratories. Your data is secure and always remains locally on your lab computer.

Used by labs at

  • Harvard University
  • MIT
  • Princeton University
  • UC Berkeley
  • UC Santa Barbara