The exponential growth of AI in science necessitates efficient and scalable solutions for retrieving and preserving research information. Here, we present a tool for the development of a customized question-answer (QA) dataset, called Interactive Trained Research Innovator (iTRI) - QA, tailored for the needs of researchers leveraging language models (LMs) to retrieve scientific knowledge in a QA format. Our approach integrates curated QA datasets with a specialized research paper dataset to enhance responses' contextual relevance and accuracy using fine-tuned LM. The framework comprises four key steps: (1) the generation of high-quality and human-generated QA examples, (2) the creation of a structured research paper database, (3) the fine-tuning of LMs using domain-specific QA examples, and (4) the generation of QA dataset that align with user queries and the curated database. This pipeline provides a dynamic and domain-specific QA system that augments the utility of LMs in academic research that will be applied for future research LM deployment. We demonstrate the feasibility and scalability of our tool for streamlining knowledge retrieval in scientific contexts, paving the way for its integration into broader multi-disciplinary applications.

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech applied research institutions, today announced it will introduce AI, robotics and ICT technologies at its CES 2023 booth 9855, North Hall, LVCC and its virtual event site (https://event.itri.org/CES2023). ITRI's CES 2023 highlight technologies in AI, robotics and ICT include AI Aquarium, a CES 2023 Innovation Awards honoree, the world's first smart aquarium that helps identify marine life in real time; Cubot ONE: Indoor/Outdoor AMR, an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) integrating AI, IoT and 5G technologies, that can operate indoors and outdoors, take elevators and travel on rugged ground; and RobotSmith, an AI and robotic system for metal workpiece grinding and polishing. AI Aquarium, a CES 2023 Innovation Awards honoree, is the world's first interactive smart aquarium that helps observers identify marine life in real time. With intuitive virtual-real fusion, the system can recognize aquatic species with up to 98% accuracy and show corresponding information on a transparent display according to an observer's line of sight. AI Aquarium also performs gesture recognition with up to 98% accuracy.

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan has introduced the AI-Based High Density Shuttle Rack System (SRS). This smart storage system, which operates without manpower in thousands of square meters of space, uses Artificial Intelligence to make warehousing decisions. ITRI's system is an all-in-one pick, pack and fulfillment system for high volume e-commerce. Current capacities allow up to 1.25 miles of track for robotic shuttles, with vertical lifts for movement up and down as many as 14 floors of storage capacity. Inventory replenishment and picking is enabled by real-time positioning and tracking with low-latency 5G infrastructure.

Government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed a solution based on digital CNC (computer numerical control) to facilitate system integration and expansion of machine tools and robotic arms into work cells that carry higher product prices. Featuring openness and flexibility, the digital CNC allows introduction of value-added software to manufacturing processes and enables machine tool makers to develop proprietary software through SDK, which has helped makers develop various value-added functions such as CNC-embedded modules for simulating 3D cutting, main axis monitoring and remote monitoring, ITRI said. ITRI has cooperated with eight machine tool makers to use the solution in developing high value-added machine tools used in turning, turning plus milling and other machining processes. Through convenient integration of such machine tools into work cells, prices for a machine tool have risen from NT$1.4 million (US$48,440) originally to NT$2.0 million.

Unsurprisingly, it is robots and automation which frequently take centre stage. And anyone who has observed their progress at the event will note that, each year, they seem to be more mobile, more intelligent and more human. Indeed, one of the highlights of this year's show was a Scrabble-playing robot, exhibited by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which used artificial intelligence (AI), 3D vision recognition and eye-hand co-ordination technologies to play and interact with humans as well as learn from experience. While BBC technology reporter Dave Lee seemed to acknowledge his defeat at the hands of the robot, he also quizzed ITRI's Sean Wang on whether the company was creating something that ultimately could take away people's livelihoods. Wang's response was there is "a trade-off" and it is part of the "inevitable trend" of replacing human, including skilled human labour, with AI.

ITRI's computer vision robot serves coffee to its opponent during a game of chess at CES in Las Vegas on January 5, 2017. I've never played chess, but the chess-playing robot manning the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) booth at CES made it look easy. The robot uses a computer vision system as well as deep-learning features to gently handle the chess pieces and react to the moves of its human opponent. Player and robot communicate via a tablet, with the robot frequently asking for time to think before it decides on a move. The robot's movements aren't perfect (it failed to set down a chess piece when the chessboard was slanted), but it still does really well with gripping and precise movements.