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Chinese robot makers’ lament: if we only had a better ‘brain’, and more data

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Chinese robotics companies face significant challenges due to insufficient data and inadequate AI models, according to industry insiders at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. The critical bottleneck is integrating hardware, data, models, and real-world scenarios into a closed-loop system. This highlights a major hurdle for the embodied AI industry in China.

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Chinese robotics companies lack sufficient data and a good 'brain' for interaction with the physical world.

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The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) concluded on Monday in Shanghai.

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Wang Xiaogang is co-founder of SenseTime and chairman of its robotics division.

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  • Chinese robotics companies lack sufficient data and a good 'brain' for interaction with the physical world.
  • The most critical challenge is linking hardware, data, models and real-world scenarios into a closed-loop iterative system.

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Chinese robotics companies lack both sufficient data and a good “brain” to improve the interaction of their products with the physical world, according to industry insiders at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), which concluded on Monday in Shanghai.

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Wang Xiaogang is co-founder of SenseTime and chairman of its robotics division.

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The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) concluded on Monday in Shanghai.

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