Born-Qualified: An Autonomous Framework for Deploying Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials

ArXi:2605.00639v1 Announce Type: cross 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.