Open Day · Shanghai

EBiM Open Day — Shanghai

Friday, 21 August 2026 · 14:00–17:00 (UTC+8) · Shanghai · By invitation

An afternoon at the EBiM Shanghai testbed: talks on robotics education, healthcare AI, and real-world VLA deployment, plus a live visit to the Mobile FR3 Duo competition floor. Hosted by Franka Robotics at their Shanghai office, where the testbed is installed.

What this day is

The EBiM Benchmark is a globally coordinated benchmark for real-world embodied bimanual manipulation, with cross-continent real-robot validation at partner labs in Hamburg, Munich, and Shanghai. The Shanghai Open Day opens the Shanghai site for an afternoon — the platform, the evaluation setup, and the teams competing on it. The site is hosted by Franka Robotics, whose FR3 arms the competition platform is built on, so the visit goes straight from the talks to the robots without leaving the building.

This event is by invitation. Invitations are sent directly by the organizers to selected participating teams, and to EBiM partners, sponsors, and accredited local press. There is no public registration form, and we cannot admit guests who are not on the invitation list.
This is not the EBiM Phase III workshop. The workshop — invited talks, panel, posters, and the awards ceremony — is a separate event; its date and venue are still to be announced.

Program

Friday, 21 August 2026 · 14:00–17:00 · all times China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Opening Talk Break Site Visit Dinner
14:00 14:10
Opening 10 min
Opening
Shang-Ching Liu · University of Hamburg
14:10 14:35
Talk 20'+5' Q&A
Reflections on Robotics Education
Dr. Jan Harder · Sino-German College (CDHK), Tongji University
14:35 15:00
Talk 20'+5' Q&A
AI in Healthcare
Dr. Yunlei Shi · RobotGym (Shanghai Rushen Robotics Co., Ltd.)
15:00 15:10
Break 10 min
Break
15:10 16:10
Site Visit 60 min
Mobile FR3 Duo — live competition floor visit
16:10 16:35
Talk 20'+5' Q&A
Introducing AI PCs for Embodied AI
Joshua Lu · AMD
16:35 17:00
Talk 20'+5' Q&A
From Demo to Real Factory: Three Gaps in Deploying VLA Robots
Yangsheng Ye · SEER Robotics (Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.)
17:30
Dinner
Academic dinner
Optional; venue and details to follow in the invitation

Program subject to update.

Speakers

Shang-Ching Liu

Shang-Ching Liu

University of Hamburg
Opening
Dr. Jan Harder

Dr. Jan Harder

Sino-German College (CDHK), Tongji University
Reflections on Robotics Education
Dr. Yunlei Shi

Dr. Yunlei Shi

RobotGym (Shanghai Rushen Robotics Co., Ltd.)
AI in Healthcare
JL

Joshua Lu

AMD
Introducing AI PCs for Embodied AI
Yangsheng Ye

Yangsheng Ye

SEER Robotics (Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.)
From Demo to Real Factory: Three Gaps in Deploying VLA Robots

Venue

The Shanghai Open Day is hosted by Franka Robotics at their Shanghai office. The EBiM Shanghai testbed is in the same building, so the afternoon runs end to end without a transfer.

Franka Robotics — Shanghai Office
Room 1, Building 5, Phase II, SCE Plaza, Lane 1588 Shenchang Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China 上海市闵行区申长路1588弄中骏广场二期5号楼1#会议室
Venue access details will be sent with the invitation.

The EBiM Benchmark holds Open Days at several of its testbed sites. See all Open Days, including Hamburg on 17 August 2026 and Munich on 10 September 2026.

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