Motion & safety
2× Huayan E15 Pro cobot cells
Learn first power-up, teach-pendant control, tool frames, guarded motion and commissioning with the HRC10 control systems.
SMERT Academy · Hong Kong
Build real cobot systems.
Ship real AI.
Program, calibrate and deploy real cobots in our Tsim Sha Tsui lab. Hands-on, AI-guided, 12 weeks.
- 12h/week hands-on lab
- Cohort of 5 — never more
- Certificate + career support
HK$108,888HK$128,888Early bird — first 2 seats
Next cohort: 5 October 202612 weeks · hybridMax 5 students per cohortTsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Deposit secures the seat. Balance due within 7 days of the deposit, or before the cohort starts if sooner.
Open to Hong Kong permanent residents only.
Tsim Sha Tsui R&D lab — 24/7 access during the programme
Private industry training — not a registered school or accredited degree. Certificate of completion only; no guaranteed outcome.
Train on the best stack in the industry
Real technology. Real tools.
Start with the photographed hardware in our Tsim Sha Tsui lab, then use simulation where it makes testing safer and more repeatable. Every capability is taught against its current validation status.
NVIDIA
Edge AI Compute
Enclosed Jetson Orin NX edge computers for the cobot cells, with AGX Orin for lab-only development
HUAYAN
Collaborative Arms
Two E15 Pro cobot arms with HRC10 control systems — the exact hardware used in the lab
DH ROBOTICS
Precision Grippers
Electric parallel and adaptive end-effectors for real pick-and-place work
Intel RealSense
3D Vision
D435i scene depth + D405 wrist camera — the perception stack behind every cell
Apple
Developer Workstation
MacBook Pro with the latest Apple Silicon — the on-site coding, simulator and dashboard machine for the AI-coding block and digital-twin work
NVIDIA, Apple, Intel, Huayan, DH Robotics and all other product names, brands and tools mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. They are identified solely to describe the equipment and software used in this course. smert.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these companies.
How a week looks
20 hours a week. Every hour on the real thing.
A hybrid rhythm built for working professionals and full-time students alike.
12h hands-on with robots at the TST lab8h AI-assisted coding (remote-friendly)
Your hours, your call.
There is no fixed timetable. You book your own lab sessions — anytime. The lab is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and every step is guided by the SMERT AI copilot with round-the-clock AI support. The 20 hours a week flex around your job or your studies.
On the hardware
Program two Huayan E15 Pro arms and their HRC10 control systems. Calibrate RealSense depth cameras, mount the DH Robotics gripper and LinkerHand L20 hands, and learn safe cell setup.
With AI as your pair
Use LLM agents the way SMERT engineers actually do: natural-language robot control, vision pipelines, digital-twin simulation, voice workflows — plus security (SOC 2) and commercial labs woven in.
Built for real life
12 weeks, lab slots any time of day or night — you pick. Remote-friendly coding block. Missed a session? Catch up on the twin before the next lab day.
The equipment you will use
A working lab, not a stock-photo classroom.
Every item below was received and photographed at our Austin Avenue lab. Students move from safe setup and calibration to perception, teleoperation and applied task design.
14/F Foo Hoo Centre, 3 Austin Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Dexterous manipulation
Left + right LinkerHand L20 hands
Work with the delivered hand pair, wrist interfaces and the DH Robotics PGC-140 gripper. Finger control and grasp validation are course work—not pre-claimed outcomes.
Teleoperation
Linker TA arms + MCG gloves
Capture demonstrations, study operator-to-cobot workflows and build supervised teleoperation experiments with the complete wearable kit.
Vision & edge AI
RealSense + NVIDIA Jetson stack
Calibrate two D435i mast cameras and two D405 wrist cameras, then run perception work on enclosed Plink Orin NX computers. AGX Orin stays lab-only; Orin Nano is a spare.
Applied care scenarios
Nursing-training manikins
Prototype supervised assistance routines around articulated manikins. They are training aids, not evidence of clinical validation.
Bimanual practice
Espresso workflow station
Break a familiar, multi-step task into perception, reach, handling and safety exercises under instructor supervision.
In the TST lab
Photographed, inventoried hardware
Newton Module 1 passed
E15 Pro + L20 model, 29 bodies / 29 joints
Next validation
Finger actuation and cube grasp in Modules 2–6
MacBook Pro 16-inch · 48 GB / 1 TB
Newton + Warp GPU physics
ROS 2 + computer vision
Isaac Sim, autonomous grasping, tactile control and sim-to-real deployment remain validation work.
Never learn alone
An AI copilot beside you, every hour of the day.
Every step is AI-guided
The SMERT AI copilot walks you through each lab procedure — from first boot to calibration to deployment — so you are never stuck staring at a machine.
AI support, 24/7
Ask anything at any hour. Our AI assistant answers instantly, seven days a week — in the lab or from home.
Human mentors on top
Weekly check-ins with SMERT engineers review your progress, unblock the hard parts, and prepare you for the capstone.
The AI stack you build with
You don't write every line. You direct the AI.
Eight hours a week are spent building with the same AI toolchain our engineers use in production — app builders, coding agents, open-weight models and realtime voice.
Apps
Lovable
Your main build tool — where most of your 8 weekly AI-coding hours are spent: operator dashboards, customer apps and admin panels
Rork
Build the mobile companion app for on-site capture and control
Coding
Claude
Pair-programming agent for motion scripts, ROS nodes and code review
ChatGPT
Reasoning, debugging and documentation across the whole toolchain
Qwen
Open-weight coding model — runs on our own GPU for private workloads
Kimi
Long-context analysis of vendor manuals, datasheets and safety standards
GitHub Copilot
Inline completion and PR review inside the SMERT OS repositories
Voice & Video
ElevenLabs
Give your cobot a voice — realtime speech for patient and guest interaction, in 74 languages with custom voice cloning
Higgsfield
Generate marketing video for your cobot deployments and translate/dub it into every market language
Models & Vision
Gemini
Multimodal scene understanding — powers our scan-to-twin fixture extraction
Hugging Face
Pull, fine-tune and deploy open models onto the Jetson edge box
Ultralytics YOLO
Train the object detector that tells the arm what to pick and where
Robotics & Backend
ROS 2
Middleware for nodes, topics and motion planning on every cell
Three.js
Render and test your routine in the SMERT digital twin before it touches hardware
Supabase
Auth, database and edge functions behind the apps you deploy
NVIDIA, Apple, Intel, Huayan, DH Robotics and all other product names, brands and tools mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. They are identified solely to describe the equipment and software used in this course. smert.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of these companies.
The curriculum
12 weeks from first power-up to deployed cell
Every module ends with something working on hardware. Click a stage to see what's inside.
1
Weeks 1–2 · 40h
Cobot Foundations & Safety
- ISO 10218 collaborative operation and risk assessment
- ISO/TS 15066 force & pressure limits — speed-and-separation monitoring in practice
- Cell anatomy: arm, controller, edge PC, end-effector, sensors
- First power-up, teach-pendant jogging, E-stop discipline
- Writing your first risk-assessment sheet — the document every customer asks for
2
Weeks 3–4 · 40h
Calibration & Kinematics
- TCP calibration and tool frames
- Hand-eye calibration with RealSense D435i / D405
- Workspace mapping and collision zones
3
Weeks 5–6 · 40h
Computer Vision & Perception
- Object detection and pose estimation on Jetson Orin
- AR-marker tracking and depth fusion
- Vision-guided pick-and-place pipelines
- Privacy-aware vision: what you may capture, store and retain (PDPO / GDPR basics)
4
Weeks 7–8 · 40h
Motion, Skills & Teleoperation
- Waypoint programming and trajectory tuning
- Reusable skill libraries (move, grip, place, inspect)
- Remote live-video control and AR-assisted guidance
5
Weeks 9–10 · 40h
AI Agents & Voice Control
- Natural-language robot control with LLM agents
- Voice-driven workflows (speech-to-action)
- Digital twin simulation before real-world execution
- Secure AI integration: prompt-injection awareness, least-privilege API keys, secrets handling
6
Weeks 7–10 · parallel · 8h lab
Cybersecurity & SOC 2
- SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria: security, availability, confidentiality
- Hardening an edge stack — Jetson + cloud backend + update channels
- Audit logging, access control and incident-response basics
- Answering a customer security questionnaire — using SMERT's own posture as the case study
7
Weeks 9–12 · parallel · 8h lab
Safety & Compliance Framework
- Full risk-assessment workshop: ISO 10218 + ISO/TS 15066 on your own cell
- CE marking pathway and what a Notified Body expects
- E-stop, safety relays and validation testing (<200 ms stop, force-limited yield)
- Assembling the documentation pack a customer, insurer or auditor wants to see
8
Weeks 9–12 · parallel · 8h lab
Go-to-Market & Sales
- Positioning a cobot cell: sector pain, ROI math, payback period
- Quoting like an integrator — hardware bundle + integration service, done properly
- Running a live demo that converts: discovery, story, objection handling
- The operator commercial model: franchise, SMERT Care subscriptions, recurring revenue
9
Weeks 11–12 · 40h
Capstone: Deploy & Sell a Real Cell
- End-to-end build on a live SMERT deployment case
- Factory visits: Huayan & DH Robotics (Shenzhen / Dongguan corridor)
- Ship the full package: working cell + safety dossier + security checklist
- Demo day — demo your cell and pitch it as a product to the SMERT team
Beyond engineering
You also leave fluent in the business of robotics
A cell that works is only half the job. These integrated labs teach you to secure it, certify it, position it and sell it — the way SMERT does with real customers.
Cybersecurity & SOC 2
Deploy systems customers can trust
- SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria applied to a live robotics stack
- Edge hardening, audit logging, incident response
- Pass enterprise security questionnaires
Safety & Compliance
ISO 10218 · ISO/TS 15066 · CE
- Full risk assessment on your own capstone cell
- E-stop and safety-relay validation testing
- The documentation pack customers and insurers require
Marketing & Positioning
Make the market understand the value
- Sector-specific positioning: healthcare, hospitality, logistics
- ROI narratives and payback storytelling
- Content and demo assets that sell the cell
Sales & Commercials
Quote, pitch, close
- ROI calculator and two-invoice quoting (hardware + integration)
- Live demo technique and objection handling
- Franchise / operator commercial models with recurring revenue
Hands on real SMERT cases
Your classroom is our production floor
Course projects use practical integration scenarios and the actual equipment installed in our Tsim Sha Tsui lab.
Healthcare
Special Needs Cobot
Voice-controlled assistance arm with AR-marker positioning for elderly and disability care facilities.
Hospitality
Bar & Service Cobot
Precision pouring and tray handling with 2D vision — deployed in live F&B environments.
Logistics
Palletizing Cell
Depth-camera-guided box detection and stacking with DH Robotics adaptive grippers.
R&D
Digital Twin Lab
Newton GPU-physics workflow in progress: arm and hand model loading passed; grasping and sim-to-real remain to be validated.
Where this takes you
Robotics skills are in demand across APAC.
Integrators report long vacancies for engineers who can commission a cobot cell end-to-end. This programme is designed to build those skills — outcomes depend on your effort and the market.
Robotics Integration Engineer
Market range: HK$35k–65k / monthSystem integrators across APAC are short of engineers who can commission cobot cells end-to-end.
AI Application Specialist
Market range: HK$40k–80k / monthCompanies need people who can wire LLM agents and computer vision into physical operations.
Field Service & Commissioning Lead
Market range: HK$30k–55k / monthEvery installed cell needs calibration, maintenance and upgrades — recurring, defensible work.
Certified SMERT Franchise Operator
Own your businessAlumni may be invited to apply for SMERT sub-franchise territories, with training credit toward onboarding.
Hiring pathway: the top-performing participant of each cohort may be eligible to be considered for an interview for a paid R&D engineer position at smert.ai's Tsim Sha Tsui lab. Eligible engineering hires may be supported by the Hong Kong Government's Research Talent Hub (Innovation & Technology Fund), which subsidizes R&D salaries — up to HK$20,000/month for bachelor's, HK$23,000/month for master's, and HK$35,000/month for doctoral/PhD graduates, for up to 36 months. Eligibility is determined solely by the Hong Kong Government.
Fast track: top performers may be invited to paid project work on SMERT deployments and to apply for certified sub-franchise territories — with the full tuition credited toward onboarding.
Employment, paid project work and franchise opportunities are not guaranteed. Any opportunity is made at smert.ai's sole discretion, subject to business needs, objective assessment of coursework, and your legal right to work in Hong Kong. Enrolment is not conditional on, and does not guarantee, any offer of employment, project work or franchise rights. Salary figures are market ranges for illustration only and not a promise of income.
Career and salary information is illustrative. We do not guarantee employment, income or business outcomes.
Tuition
One price. Everything included.
Full 3-month programme
HK$128,888
Early bird: HK$108,888 for the first 2 seats
Reserve with
HK$10,000 deposit
- 240 total hours over 12 weeks
- Dedicated time on two Huayan E15 Pro cobot cells and the LinkerHand L20 pair
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin edge AI + RealSense 3D vision lab kit
- Factory visits: Huayan & DH Robotics (SZ / Dongguan)
- Digital twin simulator access — practice from home
- SMERT Academy certificate + deployed capstone on your CV
- Priority path to SMERT franchise operations
Card payments in HKD via Stripe, or bank transfer invoiced by smert.ai Limited · No application form — your seat is confirmed on deposit and we contact you within one business day · Deposit fully refundable if we cannot take you in this cohort.
The deposit reserves your seat. The balance is due within 7 calendar days of the deposit payment, or before the cohort starts if that comes sooner. Terms of Enrolment & refund policy.
This is private industry training, not a registered school or accredited degree. A certificate of completion is awarded; no academic credit or guaranteed outcome is offered.
Flying in from abroad?
HK Immersion Residency — 4 weeks, full-time
8 hours a day side-by-side with the SMERT team in our Tsim Sha Tsui lab. 3 seats only, training-sponsor letter for your visa application and arrival support included. Starts 15 October 2026.
See the Residency (US$25,000) →Questions, answered
Your certificate of attendance
Issued by smert.ai Limited on completion of the HK Robotics & AI Intensive — a certificate of attendance, not an academic award or professional qualification.
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How the Robotics & AI Intensive sits within Hong Kong law
1. Education Ordinance (Cap. 279) — this is not a registered school. Under the Education Ordinance, a “school” is an institution, organisation or establishment that provides an educational course to 20 or more persons during any one day, or 8 or more persons at any one time, and such an institution must be registered with the Permanent Secretary for Education before it operates. The Robotics & AI Intensive is deliberately capped at 5 participants per cohort, which is below both thresholds. It is therefore private, in-house industry training delivered at our own R&D lab — not a registered school — and no Education Bureau school registration is required. The seat cap is a compliance commitment, not a marketing figure: we do not exceed it.
2. Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance (Cap. 493) — no academic award. Cap. 493 regulates courses leading to a non-local academic award or professional qualification. This programme leads to neither. Participants who complete the programme receive a SMERT certificate of completion only. It is not a degree, diploma, academic credit, accredited qualification, professional licence or any award recognised under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework, and it does not confer student status.
3. Trade Descriptions Ordinance (Cap. 362) — outcomes are not guaranteed. Any reference on this page to careers, hiring, salaries, funding schemes, project results or business outcomes is illustrative and based on past or expected experience. It is not a promise, guarantee or offer of employment, income, government funding or commercial results. Eligibility for any government scheme is determined solely by the relevant Hong Kong authority.
4. Contracting entity and fees. The programme is provided by SMERT.AI Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong, at 14/F Foo Hoo Centre, 3 Austin Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tuition, deposits, payment schedules, cancellation and refund handling are governed by the enrolment agreement issued on acceptance, which prevails over anything stated on this page.
This notice is a plain-language summary of our regulatory position for transparency. It is not legal advice. Last reviewed: 31 August 2026. Questions: hello@smertai.com.