DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF DOMESTIC FEATS?

Training centers and AI ready humanoid robots for service in homes

In an office building in Beijing's Shijingshan district, a special "school" is in full swing, with nearly 200 human teachers and 100 humanoid robot students.

The instructors wear headsets, hold control levers and move slowly, while nearby 1.66-meter-tall humanoid robots mirror their motions. The curriculum is relentlessly mundane. The students repeat everyday tasks such as taking a medicine bottle from a cabinet, carrying goods in a factory, sorting parcels on a conveyor belt, and leafing through office files.