作为深圳市政府设立的十大基础研究机构之一，深圳市人工智能与机器人研究院（Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society，以下简称AIRS）依托香港中文大学（深圳），联合多个世界顶级研究机构，以全新模式设立。
通过中外科学院院士和顶级专家们组成顾问、学术和产业委员会，AIRS将重点开展人工智能与机器人的基础、共性、关键技术研究，包括但不局限于机器学习、计算机视觉、智能机器人、群体智能、智能云计算与物联网，以及人工智能在工业、医疗、金融等方面的应用。AIRS正与企业形成紧密合作关系，在共同领域进行技术研究和应用；也围绕国际化人才培养、产业孵化等方面全力开展工作，致力于开创一个集政府引导、国际联合、大学依托、企业合作、创投融资、双创孵化等多方面于一体的崭新研究院模式。
Established in Shenzhen, one of the most dynamic and rapidly developing cities in the world, Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS) is an institute for fundamental and applied researches in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AIR). The main contributor of AIRS is The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, with collaboration with worldwide top institutions in AIR. It aims to create a brand new mode, combining top university resources, international collaborations, industrial demands, investment support, and incubation motivations, etc.AIRS will be one active and constructive member in the global research community, endeavoring to develop and promote AIR technologies, and make them available for the society like air to human beings. The objectives of AIRS are to establish an internationally open institute, so that prestigious scholars worldwide can enjoy conducting researches in AIRS, gather and cultivate talents for future leaders, promote the industrialization of AI and robotics, and ultimately, create a kernel city of AI and robotics for the world.