Apart from accepting special government commissions, the other main job of the ITRI is to accept commissions from the private sector, looking at its different needs, fixing contracts and doing research and development under various headings. This kind of technology is mostly short-range and can be put on the market as soon as the manufacturer gets it.
除了接受政府專案委託外，工研院的另一大工作是接受民間廠商個別委託，視他們的不同需要，訂定契約，作某些項目的個別研發，這類技術大部分是短程的，廠商一拿到就馬上可以派上用場。