China’s first multi-brand humanoid robot training facility opens in Shanghai, targeting 10 million data points by year-end

According to Jiefang Daily, China’s first multi-brand humanoid robot training facility has opened in Shanghai, with robots from about 10 companies, including Zhiyuan, Fourier and Kepler, taking part. The facility aims to accumulate 10 million data points by year-end.

For companies developing humanoid robots, an important benefit is the ability to train more than 100 robots from multiple companies in the same environment on tasks with different conditions, including walking, washing dishes, tightening screws and welding, and to collect training data in one place. The source says end-to-end learning requires large amounts of data. By aiming to accumulate 10 million data points by year-end, the Shanghai facility could help address the development constraint of securing training data for different tasks.