Shanghai Jiao Tong University launched what it says is the world’s first undergraduate major in embodied artificial intelligence, aiming to train specialists for China’s fast-growing humanoid robotics sector. The four-year program, housed in the university’s School of Artificial Intelligence, will enroll 30 students in its first year and confer an engineering degree. The curriculum covers the full chain from perception and decision-making to control and physical design. The university said the major will draw on its internal research platforms and industry partnerships, including practice bases co-developed with Huawei and the National–Local Joint Innovation Center for Humanoid Robots. SJTU said the move is intended to address a shortage of hybrid technical talent and support efforts to move embodied AI from early-stage research toward industrial deployment. [QbitAI, in Chinese]
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