arXiv:2605.04375eess.SYcs.AI2026-05被引 1

让AI直接控制真实实验室,用代码定义实验流程。

Experiment-as-Code Labs: A Declarative Stack for AI-Driven Scientific Discovery

论文配图:Experiment-as-Code Labs: A Declarative Stack for AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
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  • 用声明式配置描述实验,自动转为设备可执行指令。
  • 实现AI与真实仪器的无缝协作,支持实时调整实验。
  • 适用于各类科学领域,推动AI驱动的科研突破。

为释放AI在科学领域的全部潜力,必须打破智能体仅限于数字环境的局限。物理实验室仍是科学发现的根本,而真正的突破可能出现在操作实验仪器时的灵光一现。尽管自主实验室日益普及,通过程序化API控制科学仪器,但要打通日益强大的AI智能体与自动化设备之间的鸿沟,仍需借鉴计算机系统的设计思路。本文提出全新的「实验即代码(Experiment-as-Code, EaC)实验室」范式:将实验以声明式配置形式编码,编译为底层设备接口。AI智能体生成假设与实验方案,以一组声明式配置表达;系统层负责程序分析、安全检查、资源分配与任务调度;最终通过调用设备API实现程序化实验。该框架与具体科学领域、实验室或仪器无关,是物理层、系统层与智能层的全新融合,旨在推动下一代AI for Science的突破。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

To unleash the full potential of AI for Science, we must untether the agents from a purely digital environment. The agent's ability to control and explore in real-world labs is essential because the physical lab remains foundational to scientific discovery. While some tasks can be performed on a computer (e.g., data analysis, running simulated experiments), Eureka moments could occur at any time while operating lab instruments (e.g., when a scientist notices unexpected clues, intuition may prompt a real-time course change). Although autonomous labs are on the rise, which expose programmable APIs to control scientific instruments via software, bridging the gap between increasingly powerful AI agents and automated lab equipment requires innovation that draws insights from computer systems. We propose a new paradigm called ``Experiment-as-Code (EaC) Labs,'' where a core concept is to encode experiments as declarative configurations that can be compiled down to device-level APIs. AI agents come up with hypotheses and experiments, written as an ensemble of declarative configurations. The systems layer performs program analysis, safety checks, resource assignment, and job orchestration. Finally, programmatic experimentation occurs via actuating the device APIs. This is a general stack that is science-, lab-, and instrument-independent, representing a novel synthesis across the physical, systems, and intelligence layers to unleash the next breakthrough in AI for Science.

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