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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

The <strong>PKU</strong> Team Wins in China Robot<br />

Competition and the RoboCup China<br />

Open 2008<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2008--12—16<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=229441468<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Dec. 16, 2008: The China Robot Competition and the RoboCup<br />

China Open 2008 was held in Zhongshan Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development<br />

Zone from December 5 to 7. Supported by the State Key Laboratory <strong>of</strong> Turbulence<br />

Flow and Complex System and leaded by Pr<strong>of</strong>. Xie Guangming, the Shar<strong>PKU</strong>ngfu<br />

Team <strong>of</strong> the Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> (<strong>PKU</strong>) attended the<br />

competition and won the champion in three categories, including Micros<strong>of</strong>t robot<br />

soccer and Standard Platform 4-legged Challenge.<br />

The China Robot Competition and the RoboCup China Open is the most influential<br />

and authoritative robotics competition as well as an academic conference and<br />

exhibition for robotic technology in China. It is also becoming one <strong>of</strong> the activities that<br />

is attracting the cutting-edge robot technology industry and other related<br />

international talents both in China and in Asia. Since 1999, it has attracted many<br />

leading experts in this field both at home and abroad. In this Competition, there were<br />

420 teams from 120 universities and institutes participating, such as <strong>PKU</strong>, Tsinghua<br />

<strong>University</strong>, Harbin Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong <strong>University</strong>. In<br />

addition, this year‘s Competition also caught the attention <strong>of</strong> China‘s mainstream<br />

media.<br />

The Intelligence Control Laboratory <strong>of</strong> the <strong>PKU</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology has<br />

committed to the researches on the Multi-agent Collaboration, Networked Systems,<br />

and Intelligent Bionic Robot for a long time, and has successfully developed the<br />

bionic robot fish, bionic robot dolphin, and biped robot and has applied for a number<br />

<strong>of</strong> national invention patents. The water polo match in the competition covered areas<br />

<strong>of</strong> artificial intelligence, automatic control, mechanics, computers, sensor, wireless<br />

communication, precision machinery, and bio-materials, which is connected closely<br />

to one <strong>of</strong> the great international challenges <strong>of</strong> making a number <strong>of</strong> robots to achieve<br />

real-time sensing, communication, collaboration and decision making in a dynamic,<br />

unpredictable environment currently.<br />

Extended Reading:<br />

The China Robot Competition is a top-level event in robot intelligence in China,<br />

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