arXiv:2503.22444cs.CLcs.RO2025-03被引 11

用智能机器人和AI构建全自动化科研系统,加速科学发现。

Scaling Laws in Scientific Discovery with AI and Robot Scientists

  • 构建能自主完成文献检索到论文撰写的通用型智能科研体
  • 系统通过内外反馈循环提升科研效率,有望催生新科学发现规律
  • 适合对自动化科研、跨学科研究感兴趣的学者与科技公司

科学发现正因先进机器人与人工智能而迎来快速进展。当前科研受限于人工实验耗时耗力,且多学科研究需整合超越个体专家能力的知识。本文提出一种自主通用科学家(AGS)概念,结合代理型AI与具身机器人,实现科研全流程自动化。该系统可动态交互物理与虚拟环境,整合多学科知识,在文献综述、假说生成、实验执行与论文撰写各阶段持续运行,并通过内省与外部反馈优化。随着这类自主系统深度融入研究过程,我们推测科学发现可能遵循新的规模化规律,其发展受系统数量与能力驱动,为知识生成与演进提供新视角。具身机器人的极端环境适应性与科学知识积累的飞轮效应,有望持续突破物理与认知边界。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Scientific discovery is poised for rapid advancement through advanced robotics and artificial intelligence. Current scientific practices face substantial limitations as manual experimentation remains time-consuming and resource-intensive, while multidisciplinary research demands knowledge integration beyond individual researchers' expertise boundaries. Here, we envision an autonomous generalist scientist (AGS) concept combines agentic AI and embodied robotics to automate the entire research lifecycle. This system could dynamically interact with both physical and virtual environments while facilitating the integration of knowledge across diverse scientific disciplines. By deploying these technologies throughout every research stage -- spanning literature review, hypothesis generation, experimentation, and manuscript writing -- and incorporating internal reflection alongside external feedback, this system aims to significantly reduce the time and resources needed for scientific discovery. Building on the evolution from virtual AI scientists to versatile generalist AI-based robot scientists, AGS promises groundbreaking potential. As these autonomous systems become increasingly integrated into the research process, we hypothesize that scientific discovery might adhere to new scaling laws, potentially shaped by the number and capabilities of these autonomous systems, offering novel perspectives on how knowledge is generated and evolves. The adaptability of embodied robots to extreme environments, paired with the flywheel effect of accumulating scientific knowledge, holds the promise of continually pushing beyond both physical and intellectual frontiers.

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