Xinhua News Agency | 2023 Asia-Pacific Robot World Cup Tianjin International Invitational Tournament Held

Xinhua News Agency client Tianjin, May 20th. On the morning of the 20th, the 2023 Asia-Pacific Robot World Cup Tianjin International Invitational Tournament was held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Tianjin). More than 200 teams and more than 800 participants from 10 countries and regions competed.

The Asia-Pacific Robot World Cup Tianjin International Invitational Tournament has been successfully held for three times. The 2023 Asia-Pacific Robot World Cup Tianjin Tournament is hosted by the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, the Asia-Pacific Robot World Cup International Council, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Tsinghua University; Tianjin Jinnan District People's Government, Tianjin Haihe Education Park Management Committee, Tsinghua University Tianjin High-end Equipment Research Institute, Tianjin Robot Industry Association co-hosted.

Li Wenhai, vice mayor of Tianjin, said in his speech that the competition has promoted the integration of robots into science and technology, talents and innovation. As a national new generation of artificial intelligence innovation and development pilot area, the development of intelligent robots will help promote the transformation and upgrading of strategic emerging industries.

Yang Hao, deputy secretary of the Jinnan District CPC Committee and district mayor, said that "ecology, science and education, and exhibition" are the three business cards of Jinnan District. Tiankai higher Education Jinnan Park focuses on the functional positioning of the source of scientific and technological innovation, the incubator of scientific research achievements, and the agglomeration area of scientific and technological service resources. to create a development model of the discipline talent industry, and provide policy service guarantee for the development of the robot industry in Jinnan.

Yang Shaofeng, vice president of Tsinghua Tianjin Equipment Institute, said that Tsinghua Tianjin Equipment Institute, as the main organizer of the 2023 Asia-Pacific Robot World Cup Tianjin Competition, has successfully held three sessions in 2019, 2021 and 2022. This competition has added unmanned aerial vehicle events and RCAP CoSpace Intelligent Distribution Challenge, as well as a "Robot and Intelligent Manufacturing Development Forum". It is believed that more and more international, hierarchical and diversified competition contents can deepen school-enterprise cooperation and strengthen scientific and technological exchanges, speed up the transformation of achievements and build a new pattern and direction of "production, learning, research, creation and use" of the robot industry.

Players from China, Portugal, Egypt, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and other ten countries and regions participated in the competition. The contestants not only cover primary and secondary schools at home and abroad, but also students from Tsinghua University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, Tongji University, University of New South Wales in Australia, Alexander University in Egypt, Singapore Institute of Technology and many other well-known universities at home and abroad.

The competition includes six events. The first UAV competition and the intelligent distribution challenge of RCAP CoSpace University Group are the new highlights of the competition. Many university teams from my country, Singapore and Egypt will participate in the RCAP CoSpace Intelligent Distribution Challenge, including local university teams from Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, and Tianjin University of Technology.

Source | Xinhua News Agency