Robot is a frontier interdisciplinary subject integrating artificial intelligence, machinery, automation, computer and other disciplines. Robot competition can fully enhance students' awareness of innovation, promote technological innovation, and promote the continuous development of the whole In addition to being listed on the national college student competition list, RoboCup Robot World Cup ranks second in the national college student Robot Competition Index list as a refinement and supplement to the national college student competition list. SoftBank Robotics' Pepper & NAO served as the standard competition platform for sports competition and home service competition respectively in the second-ranked RoboCup competition!

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"SoftBank Robot Cup" International Youth Artificial intelligence competition

In the national general university student robot competition index, there is another quite eye-catching, that is, "SoftBank Robot Cup" international youth artificial intelligence competition.

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The "SoftBank Robot Cup" International Youth Artificial Intelligence Competition, sponsored by the Chinese Society of Artificial Intelligence and co-organized by SoftBank Robotics (Shanghai) Co., LTD., is one of the world-class artificial intelligence competitions with the highest level of competition and the most participating universities. The competition is divided into youth group and university group, including NAO golf competition, NAO walking competition, Pepper intelligent service robot competition and other events。

Competition registration period: July 2021 - Early September 2021

Contest registration website：www.iyaic.com

SoftBank Robot will continue to update the relevant information of the race, this October, looking forward to meeting you.

That's what they say about the competition

In the past, Pepper and NAO as the standard platform, the teams have spoken highly of them.

In addition to SoftBank Robotics' NAO, we will also look at some other types of robots. Compared with other humanoid robots, NAO's joint has many degrees of freedom and high flexibility, so it can achieve more expected movements and be more challenging. Coupled with a very easy to use development environment, you can directly set the joint coordinate conversion and communication, saving a lot of troublesome steps.

The same is true at the competition level, all the participating teams use NAO robots as the standard platform for competition, which ensures the fairness of hardware equipment, so there can be a better comparison and communication at the software level. And NAO's own packaging is very good, the bottom drive is also very perfect, can be well developed, is a very suitable as a standard platform for university robot competition.

                                                 ——The Northwestern Polytechnical University Soaring Team

The appearance of NAO & Pepper, a humanoid robot, naturally appeals to students and stimulates their research interest. In addition, the platform hardware and sensors of SoftBank robots are complete, with many joints and high flexibility, so that more functions can be achieved. The full development platform can have a lot of room for students to play in the process of research, so it is a very good humanoid robot!

In teaching, NAO also has its unique features. Unlike some simple robotic arms or simple cars, the NAO robot itself is a complex system. Robots are more complex and can not only quickly improve students' programming skills, but also give them a sense of a complete engineering concept and an overall understanding of the project.

——武汉大学 WHUAI

Competition is not only a way for college students to show their achievements, but also plays an important role in their career development.

RoboCup is a professional competition with a very high gold content. Students can not only improve their majors through the competition, but also benefit their future development. As a teacher, I will try my best to promote the establishment of discipline competitions, so that students can get more bonus points when applying for scholarships and postgraduate appointments. At the same time, it is also a process of mutual promotion. Extra points will also motivate students to strive for better grades and climb the peak!

The previous team members have also achieved very good results, including students who have been admitted to top universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as doctoral students who continue to pursue robotics in the University of Hong Kong. As a teacher, in addition to feeling gratified, I also hope that the children can continue to move forward on this road and learn their strengths.

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Participating in the RoboCup robot competition is not only a great progress in technology for the participants, but also a strong mark on their resume. At present, major universities have a high degree of recognition for RoboCup. With relevant participation experience or relevant awards, it will be of great help for students to apply for scholarships and postgraduate programs.

For the participants, most of them will continue to study in the field of artificial intelligence in the future, and the RoboCup participation experience is a good endorsement of technical ability, which can help them get more opportunities in college and work.

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