Published by: Sun Ziliang Edited by: Zhou Tongjiang

WUST News (Correspondent: Sun Ziliang) - On August 22, the finals of the 8th China University Intelligent Robot Innovation Contest concluded at the China Plastics City International Exhibition Center in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. Our students demonstrated strong innovative capabilities and outstanding project performance, winning a total of 20 national awards, including 5 first prizes, 6 second prizes, and 9 third prizes. The School of Mechanical Engineering at the Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST) was particularly outstanding, securing 19 awards in total, including 5 first prizes, 6 second prizes, and 8 third prizes.

The five projects that won the national first prizes are as follows: Yuan Junjie's team with the project Modular Multifunctional Intelligent Health Machine, Xie Shuying's team with Intelligent Wash-Cut-Sort Integrated Cabinet, Li Ziyan's team with Fully Automatic Intelligent Tea Brewing Machine, Chen Fei's team with Integrated Smart Home Wine Cabinet, and Liu Jinming's team with Traditional Tea Whisking and Tea Whisking Art Machine.

The WUST consistently adheres to the philosophy of "cultivating students' independent innovation capabilities", actively engaging faculty and students from various colleges. The School of Mechanical Engineering and other colleges were heavily involved in organizing this competition, providing multiple rounds of presentation guidance and project iteration to help students refine their projects.

The China University Intelligent Robot Innovation Contest was established in 2017 and was included in the national university student competition rankings published by the China Association of Higher Education in 2020. The contest is held annually and has been successfully conducted for eight consecutive years. This year marks the WUST's fourth participation in the event. The contest is organized by the China University Intelligent Robot Innovation Contest Committee and hosted by the Yuyao Municipal Government and Zhejiang University Robotics Institute. It attracted participation from 10,880 teams from 752 universities nationwide, involving nearly 47,000 students in regional preliminaries, with over 4,000 teachers and students advancing to the finals.