China’s inaugural training facility for heterogeneous humanoid robots will become fully operational in July. Known as the National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center, it occupies over 5,000 square meters in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang area. It aims to catalyze the sharing and utilization of large-scale data among robot developers. Global Times reports that over 100 robot types from over a dozen companies are already undergoing training, aiming to establish a robust database for industrial, service, medical, and agricultural applications. According to Xu Bin, general manager of the center, the facility strives to address key challenges in humanoid robot R&D: shared technologies, industry ecosystems, and solutions for critical application scenarios. “We established the center to enable large-scale data sharing and utilization, empowering the entire industry,” Global Times quotes Xu as saying. Because different manufacturers’ humanoid robots vary in design and functional modules, they produce heterogeneous datasets that are often incompatible. In its initial phase, the center will train robots on approximately 45 fundamental or “atomic” skills—actions like grasping, picking, placing, and transporting. “During these tasks, the robots are expected to learn from repeated motion data gathered by their sensors,” said Yang Zhengye, director of market systems at the center.

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