First cohort · Renens · starts 12 October 2026
The future has a body
Learn to work
with humanoid robots
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Humanoid robots are already a reality. Today they impress us. Tomorrow they will work alongside us.
Jean-Pierre Rausis , President, Fondation Dalle Molle -
The question is no longer whether humanoid robots will enter the real world. The question is how fast we will learn to work with them.
Benoît Dubuis , President, SATW -
Yoda was almost right. There is no try without doing — and no doing without trying first. At 42 Lausanne, that's day one. Asinov School gives it a body.
Christophe Wagnière , CEO, 42 Switzerland -
You learn more from one robot that won't walk than from any lecture on why it should. Code that wouldn't compile taught us that at 42 Lausanne. Robots that won't walk will, at Asinov.
Pierre-Louis Cardin , Staff, 42 Lausanne -
We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Isaac Asimov , Author -
Switzerland cannot afford to watch from the sidelines.
Zhang Lei , Executive Director, Sino Swiss Institute of Advanced Technology -
Less theory. More reality.
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Learn in Switzerland. Experiment in China.
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Technology matters. People matter more.
Embodied intelligence
Artificial intelligence is leaving the screen. It's entering factories, hospitals, homes, hotels, warehouses and public services. The next technological revolution isn't about software. It's about embodied intelligence.
Asinov is a school for that shift: a 12-month program in Renens, Switzerland that trains you to put humanoid robots to work, ending with a one-week capstone immersion in Shanghai.
You don't need to build robots.
You need to know how to work with
them.
Most programs teach robotics engineering. Asinov teaches deployment: spotting where humanoids create value, and making it real.
The journey
The program runs in Renens, where you build your foundations and your project. It culminates in a one-week immersion in Shanghai: hands-on with next-generation humanoid platforms still in early development, a first look at what's coming next.
Out in the world
Asinov brought a humanoid to its booth at EPHJ in Geneva. The future has a body, and people came to meet it.
Where humanoids create value
- Healthcare Supporting professionals and assisting aging populations, extending care capacity where staff are stretched.
- Industry Improving productivity in light industry and logistics, taking on repetitive or physically demanding tasks.
- Services Transforming the customer experience: reception, guidance and assistance in high-traffic environments.
- Public sector Supporting public services where demand is rising faster than the workforce can grow.
The inaugural cohort is forming
A limited first group. Applications are open. The program starts 12 October 2026.