Taiwan’s government has instructed leading industrial research institutions, such as the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the Metal Industries Research and Development Centre (MIRDC), and the Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI), to open 50 state-of-the-art AI-equipped production lines for developing innovative products, according to Hsiang-yuan Ting, director at the Department of Industrial Technology (DOIT) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). By using these lines for design, trial production, and quality inspection, the goal is to accelerate development and innovation.