The national finals of the 28th China Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Competition recently concluded. Our students competed in the newly introduced Embodied Intelligence category alongside teams from prestigious Project 985 and Double First-Class universities, including Dalian University of Technology. Facing strong opponents, the team delivered a reliable performance with its independently developed home-service robot solution, winning one national first prize and one national third prize. The results highlight the effectiveness of the university’s industry-education collaboration.

The China Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Competition (CRAIC) is an authoritative national-level event recognized by the Ministry of Education and included in the national ranking of university academic competitions. This year’s finals brought together thousands of top teams from more than a thousand universities across China. With numerous Project 985 and Double First-Class universities taking part, it is one of the country’s most competitive and prestigious platforms in robotics and artificial intelligence.

The newly added Embodied Intelligence category focuses on cutting-edge home-service robotics and responds to the growing needs of an aging society. It assesses integrated engineering capabilities in robot perception, decision-making, obstacle avoidance, recognition, and interaction. The scenarios are complex and the tasks comprehensive. To align with the category’s technical requirements, the university has integrated key competition skills—including robot hardware assembly, multi-sensor adaptation, ROS system integration, and algorithm optimization and debugging—into classroom teaching and practical training, building an educational system that connects coursework with competitions.