Hangzhou opens a robot school where 30 humanoids sit certification exams

China has launched a vocational school in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province, to train humanoid robots.

The first class has 30 machines. They are trained in practical skills and must pass certification exams before they are allowed to work in factories, services, security, and entertainment.

Robots drill four tracks and sit certification exams

The school curriculum teaches technical skills, nursing and care, arts, and sports.

Robots are evaluated on their physical capabilities. Then, they are taught lessons aligned with those capabilities. They practice tasks by hand, then take exams to achieve professional certification.

Developers want to change the current sales pitch, where buyers take home an experimental machine and hope it works. A standard path would be when a company buys a robot that has already been trained, tested, and certified for specific jobs.

The lessons are tailored to each robot’s hardware, such as its range of motion, grip strength, sensors, and how steady it is on its feet. The developers say the goal is smoother movement along with reasoning.

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