2016 World Robot Conference "International Symposium on Robot Core Components and Key Technologies" Was Successfully Held
The International Symposium on Robot Core Components and Key Technologies of the 2016 World Robotics Conference, Department of Electrical Engineering participating in the organization, was successfully held at Tsinghua University on October 23rd. 2016 World Robot Conference was jointly organized by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing Municipal Government and China Association for Science and Technology. The opening ceremony of the conference was held in Beijing on the 20th and Yangdong Liu, a member of Central Politburo Standing Committee, vice prime minister of State Department of PRC, attended and addressed. The main purpose of the conference is to promote Innovation Driven Development Strategy and achieve leapfrog development of robot technology and industry in China.
The "International Symposium on Robot Core Components and Key Technologies" was organized and hosted by Tsinghua Robot Technology and Industry Collaborative Innovation Alliance. Professor Xiao Xi, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, served as Chairman of the Organizing Committee and presided over the meeting. Prof. Xi Xiao, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, served as chairman of the organizing committee and presided over the meeting. Prof. Ken Chen, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University and Prof. G.S. Virk, University of Gavle, Sweden, served as co-chairman of the conference. At the meeting, the proposal of Tsinghua Robot Technology and Industry Collaborative Innovation Alliance was read. 15 experts and scholars at home and abroad in the field of robotics have delivered splendid speeches, mainly focusing on modularization and standardization of robot parts, walking robots, medical robots, high performance robot servo drive technologies, autonomous navigation system based on multi-sensor fusion etc. Nearly 400 representatives from universities and robot companies attended the meeting and the meeting achieved good results.
Tsinghua Robot Technology and Industry Collaborative Innovation Alliance was sponsored by professor of Department of Electrical Engineering, Xi Xiao, professor of Department of Automation, Tao Zhang, professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ken Chen, professor of Department of Health and Medical Engineering, Hongen Liao, professor of State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Technology and Systems, Fuchun Sun and associate professor, Hua Xu , in March 2016. And the alliance jointed China Science and Technology Automation Alliance, Yi Chuang Intelligent Robot Industry Research Institute, EFORT Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., Shenyang XinSong Robotic Automation Co., Ltd., Guangzhou CNC Equipment Co., Ltd., Xi'an Micromotor Research Institute etc. Tsinghua Robot Technology and Industry Collaborative Innovation Alliance will be oriented to technology, standards and market demand, strengthen the research cooperation and aim at localization of core technology. The alliance will build a collaborative innovation platform to jointly promote the development of Chinese robot technology and industry.
