The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) opened the city's first experimental hub for embodied artificial intelligence on Thursday, with seven mainland and Hong Kong companies taking part, including Unitree Robotics and Galbot. The Embodied AI International Applications Hub is in the HKPC Building in Kowloon Tong, under HKPC's industrial AI and robotics centre. It has simulated real-world environments where firms can test and optimise robotic designs before potential global roll-outs.
HKPC chairman Sunny Tan said Hong Kong's application scenarios have "an international characteristic", letting mainland robot makers train for international settings. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong called the hub a major milestone in aligning with national embodied AI efforts and pledged further government support.
What the hub does and does not tell families
- The hub is a testing site for the seven companies' robot designs; the source mentions no courses, school links or student places at Kowloon Tong.
- Sun Dong pledged further government support for embodied AI and robotics, but the source gives no funding amounts, timelines or programme names.
- The source says nothing about jobs or hiring, so effects on Hong Kong workers are unstated, and it does not mention Singapore.
If your teenager is curious about robotics
- Check whether HKPC's industrial AI and robotics centre, which houses the hub, publishes any public programmes or visit information.