Hong Kong’s CUHK aims to bring AI to life with humanoid-focused robotics lab

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has opened the city’s first full-stack interactive robotics lab, partnering with 24 tech firms, mainly from mainland China, to train talent and develop humanoid robots over the next five years.The Hong Kong Embodied AI Lab, established by CUHK’s Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics under the government’s InnoHK initiative, has already introduced upgraded versions of the city’s first locally developed Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered robotic arms and a quadruped robot, with improved stability.The partnerships, announced Monday, primarily involve mainland firms, including Shanghai-based AGIBOT and Hangzhou-based Deep Robotics and Yushu Technology. Six partners are Hong Kong-based, including Lenovo’s Capital and Incubator Group, and one – VinMotion – is from Vietnam.