The first school for... robots has been established. Humanoids will replace humans at work and at home

The first school for... robots has been established. Humanoids will replace humans at work and at home

 "This facility, located in Shanghai, is to house over 100 robots at a time in the initial phase. The Chinese hope that such a training project will reduce the costs associated with the development of "embodied intelligence" technology, in which the Middle Kingdom wants to be number 1.

 

 

Jiang Lei, chief scientist at the Shanghai Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center, believes that this technology will be crucial to solving the problems of an aging society. What's more, according to him, 2025 is to be a breakthrough for the mass production of this type of robot.

 

Why does China need a robot school?

 

The Humanoid Robot Kylin Training Ground may become the driving force of development in this area. This innovation center located in Shanghai has probably launched the world's first "school" for humanoid machines. This facility in the initial phase, it is to accommodate over 100 robots for simultaneous training. 

 

The Chinese hope that this project will significantly reduce the investment costs associated with the development of "embodied intelligence" technology, while at the same time solving problems related to the dynamic development of robotics and equipping it with AI achievements. 

 

The new training center is to become a national platform for the development of technology using advanced manipulation systems, biomechanics, artificial intelligence, and machine vision.

 

 The project is to "expand" the humanoids trained there with learning and perception systems. The robotic training ground has already been officially opened, it covers an area of ​​over 5,000 square meters and offers over a dozen specialized training scenarios. 

 

Robots can "learn" there, for example, welding or skills necessary in the automotive industry. But humanoids will also leave this training center with more prosaic abilities. As Jiang Lei, quoted by Xinhua, points out, trained robots can organize desks, sort objects and operate certain equipment. Their average efficiency in performing such tasks is expected to exceed 90 percent.

 

China is flooding the world with robots

 

China is leading the way in the development of robots. Companies from this country can flood the world with their innovations. 

 

Suffice it to mention that the G1 and Go2 robots from the Chinese company Unitree are smaller and at the same time more affordable than their counterparts from Boston Dynamics and Tesla. The Chinese create not only cheaper, but also extremely versatile machines. 

 

They recently announced a plan to organize the world's first race in which humans will compete with humanoid robots. This is a race that is to take place in April in the Daxing district of Beijing. According to reports, machines from all over the world will take part in this unusual competition - alongside human runners (approx. 12 thousand of them are to start in this half marathon).

 

The Shanghai Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center has the ambition to further accelerate the already dynamic development of robotics in China. This sector in China was valued at 2.76 billion yuan (approx. 385 million dollars) last year. Analyses presented at the World AI Conference, organized in July 2024, indicate that by 2029 its value will jump to an impressive level of 75 billion yuan (China's share in the global humanoid robotics market at that time would reach almost 33 percent)."