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Tetsuwan Scientific is making robotic AI scientists that can run experiments on their own
LLM models are already capable of diagnosing scientific outputs, but, until now, had “no physical agency to actually perform" experiments.
Schäfer had studied at MIT with a masters in underwater autonomous robots and worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab exploring Jupiter’s moons for alien life. It was a “light bulb moment,” Ponce described, where LLM models were already capable of diagnosing scientific outputs, but had “no physical agency to actually perform the suggestions that they’re making.” Ponce’s eyes light up when he talks about the ultimate destination of this work: independent AI scientists that can be used to automate the whole scientific method, from hypothesis through repeatable results.
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