SMERT Academy · Hong Kong
Build real robots.
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
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.
You don't learn on simulations of hardware — you learn on the same NVIDIA-powered, Huayan-built, DH Robotics-equipped cells SMERT ships to customers, driven by the same AI toolchain our engineers use daily.
NVIDIA
Edge AI Compute
Jetson Orin Nano Super — 67 TOPS of on-robot inference for vision and LLM agents
HUAYAN
Collaborative Arms & Humanoids
E15 Pro cobot arm and HY7 humanoid — the exact hardware you train on
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.
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 Huayan E15 Pro arms and the HY7 humanoid. Calibrate RealSense depth cameras, mount DH Robotics grippers, wire safety circuits. Your hands, our machines.
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.
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.
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
Weeks 3–4 · 40h
Calibration & Kinematics
- TCP calibration and tool frames
- Hand-eye calibration with RealSense D435i / D405
- Workspace mapping and collision zones
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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 are drawn from live deployments — the same cells our customers run today.
Special Needs Cobot
Voice-controlled assistance arm with AR-marker positioning for elderly and disability care facilities.
Bar & Service Cobot
Precision pouring and tray handling with 2D vision — deployed in live F&B environments.
Palletizing Cell
Depth-camera-guided box detection and stacking with DH Robotics adaptive grippers.
Digital Twin Lab
Full sim-to-real workflow: build, program and test routines in the twin, then run them on hardware.
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 Huayan E15 Pro & HY7 humanoid
- 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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View the sample certificate (PDF)Legal & Regulatory Notice
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.