[Edaily Reporter Shin Yeong-bin ] CrowdWorks, Inc.(355390)is participating in a project to convert the experience and know-how of skilled workers in the refining and petrochemical industries into artificial intelligence (AI) training data. The company will support the development of AI models that assist field workers by structuring information contained in work procedures, maintenance manuals, and blueprints.

CrowdWorks, Inc. announced on the 10th that it will participate in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s “2026 Project for the Development of AI Models Based on Tacit Knowledge in Manufacturing” in collaboration with Enhance, an agentic AI company.

Tacit knowledge refers to knowledge—such as the judgment and know-how that skilled workers have accumulated through long experience—that is difficult to convey clearly through documents or speech. The core of this project is to build AI training data from on-site materials containing the experience and intuition of master craftsmen in manufacturing, and to develop an ontology-based task-support AI model that connects the relationships between pieces of knowledge.

Enhance will oversee the “Development of Ontology and Guide AI Models Based on the Tacit Knowledge of Masters in Refining and Petrochemicals” project. CrowdWorks, Inc. will be responsible for the preprocessing work of organizing unstructured field data so that AI can utilize it.

CrowdWorks, Inc. will deploy its proprietary intelligent preprocessing solution, “RP Knowledge Compiler.” It analyzes and structures documents—including work procedures, maintenance manuals, drawings, data sheets, and documents containing operational know-how—and converts them into text data for AI training.

The system will also process complex technical information found within documents, such as tables, images, performance curves, graphs, and mathematical formulas. The company plans to establish an environment capable of processing up to 7.5 million pages during the project period.

Based on this project, CrowdWorks, Inc. plans to expand its business of converting on-site manufacturing knowledge into data. The goal is to meet the demand from manufacturing companies seeking to leverage the know-how and on-site response experience of skilled workers through AI.

A CrowdWorks, Inc. representative stated, “Converting the know-how and on-site response experience contained in field documents into high-quality data that AI can immediately utilize is key to the success of Manufacturing AX,” adding, “Through close collaboration with Enhance, we will successfully complete the project and actively support AX innovation in the manufacturing industry.”