QINGDAO, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The Qingdao Training Center for Elderly Care Robots was established in February to teach machines the delicate art of caring for aging humans.
Human trainers here guide various robots through repetitions of grasping objects, maintaining balance and twisting switches while mastering the delicate motor skills humans often take for granted.
The center has become a hub for tech ambition, with 45 companies, including Haier, Hisense and Agibot, deploying 210 products for modular training across ten categories such as medication delivery, emotional companionship and dementia intervention. The facility creates what officials describe as a closed loop where robots are trained and tested, data is shared, standards are verified, and products are then pushed to market.
