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New benchmark LabOSBench tests AI agents on scientific instrument control

Researchers have introduced LabOSBench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate computer-use agents in scientific instrument control. This benchmark utilizes web-based simulators to overcome the practical challenges of testing agents on physical instruments, such as cost and safety risks. LabOSBench includes 96 subtasks across eight instrument simulators, covering a range of scientific workflows. Initial experiments show that while current agents can handle structured tasks, they struggle with feedback-driven operations and long-horizon execution. AI

IMPACT This benchmark could accelerate the development of AI agents capable of complex, real-world scientific tasks.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a new benchmark for AI agents.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Anqi Zou, Han Deng, Chengyu Zhang, Junquan Hu, Yu Wang, Yuxiang Xing, Aokai Zhang, Hanling Zhang, Zhaoyang Liu, Ben Fei, Zhihui Wang, Wanli Ouyang ·

    LabOSBench: Benchmarking Computer Use Agents for Scientific Instrument Control

    arXiv:2606.16802v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Current computer-use benchmarks primarily focus on software operation tasks in virtualized systems, whereas scientific instrumentation scenarios require coordinated control over complex interfaces, and feedback-driven parameter adju…

  2. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Wanli Ouyang ·

    LabOSBench: Benchmarking Computer Use Agents for Scientific Instrument Control

    Current computer-use benchmarks primarily focus on software operation tasks in virtualized systems, whereas scientific instrumentation scenarios require coordinated control over complex interfaces, and feedback-driven parameter adjustment. However, directly evaluating agents on p…