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The 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and the International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition opened on October 23 at the Zhangjiang Science Hall in Pudong, Shanghai. The event adopts a structure of "1 major competition, 1 opening ceremony, and N developer activities," focusing on real-machine real-scenario and real-scenario training, and exploring typical embodied intelligence scenarios such as industrial manufacturing, logistics assembly, commercial retail, medical care and rehabilitation, and domestic services. According to subsequent reports, more than a thousand robots and over 800 teams from across the country underwent three days of black-box blind testing across 23 events in 9 tracks, covering scenarios such as production and manufacturing, testing and analysis, and warehousing and logistics; the competition randomly swaps materials and randomly sets fault points, requiring robots to read information on site and autonomously adjust their actions. The top three teams in each event can directly connect with scenario partners such as Yanfeng Automotive, STO Express, and Bailian Group, and are expected to subsequently enter actual production line testing.
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Oct 24
Shanghai Observer
Shanghai hosts the International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition, with over 800 teams undergoing black-box blind testing across 23 events
The 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition opened on October 23 at the Shanghai Zhangjiang Science Hall, with over a thousand robots and more than 800 teams from across the country undergoing three days of black-box blind testing across 9 tracks and 23 events, covering scenarios such as manufacturing, inspection and analysis, and warehousing and logistics. The competition uses random replacement of materials and random setting of fault points, requiring robots to read information on site and autonomously adjust their actions; the operational success rate, efficiency improvement rate, safety and reliability, and economic feasibility that scenario providers care about all have on-site measured data. The top three teams in each event can directly connect with scenario units such as Yanfeng Automotive, STO Express, and Bailian Group, and are expected to subsequently enter actual production line testing.
Oct 23
Shanghai Observer
2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition Opens in Zhangjiang
The 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition is held from October 23 to 25 at the Zhangjiang Science Hall in Pudong, Shanghai, adopting a "1 competition, 1 opening ceremony, N developer activities" structure, focusing on real-machine real-scenario and real-scenario training. The conference explores typical embodied intelligence scenarios such as industrial manufacturing, logistics assembly, commercial retail, medical care and rehabilitation, and domestic services, striving to drive the formation of ten-thousand-unit-scale deployment capability.
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2,000-square-meter permanent embodied intelligence training space lands in Shanghai Zhangjiang
The 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition was held from October 23 to 25 at the Shanghai Zhangjiang Science Hall, renovating a 2,000-square-meter venue to create a permanent embodied intelligence scenario training space. The competition featured 9 key tracks and 23 events; scenario providers such as Bailian Group brought real needs from supermarkets, production lines, and the service industry to the competition venue to test robots' operational capabilities. As of the end of June 2026, more than 70 embodied intelligence training grounds had been built and put into use nationwide.
Oct 22
Shanghai Observer
Over 1,200 organizations gather in Zhangjiang, Shanghai as embodied intelligence skills competition kicks off in real-world scenarios
The 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition opened in Zhangjiang, Shanghai, with more than 1,200 robot-body and scenario organizations from across the country participating. The event features 9 tracks and 23 competition items across three major domains: industrial, service, and special operations. The competition replicates ultra-high-voltage substations, real store shelves, and quality-inspection laboratories at a 1:1 scale, and robots must complete tasks such as inspection, precision grasping, and shelf stocking within 30 minutes. After the competition, the 2,000-square-meter venue at the Zhangjiang Science Hall will be converted into a permanent embodied intelligence scenario training space.
Shanghai Observer
Shanghai International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition kicks off, with robots competing in real-world scenarios of inspection, quality control, retail, and elderly care
From October 23 to 25, the 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference and International Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition was held at the Shanghai Zhangjiang Science Hall, with real-world tracks including substation inspection, quality inspection, supermarket retail, emergency search and rescue, and elderly care and wellness. The event collected more than 1,200 real business scenario requirements from across the country, of which inspection-related ones accounted for about one quarter, forming 9 major scenarios and 23 competition events. Compared with last year, this year's tasks shifted from standalone action demonstrations to multi-step continuous tasks; for example, the quality inspection track required completing tablet weighing, loading test tubes, operating a centrifuge, and generating an inspection report, while the supermarket track required picking, stocktaking, barcode scanning, and dynamic replenishment.
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