By Yunzhong, from Ao Fei Si
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The 'Model Worker' awards of the robotics world are here!
This is not about running some data or doing backflips in a lab — competitors must roll up their sleeves and go into workshops, factories, and do real work.
Just this yearfrom October 23 to 25in Shanghai, theInternational Embodied Intelligence Skills Competition Inspection Tournamentis about to kick off, and its slogan is very down-to-earth:
Labor is the most glorious — select the machine model workers who can do the most work.
Based on more than a thousand embodied intelligence application scenario data entries collected nationwide by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the competition has set upproduction and manufacturing, inspection and analysis, repair and maintenance, warehousing and logistics, catering and retail, healthcare and elderly care, work safety, emergency rescue, and cultural tourism education9 major tracks with 23 competition events in total, aiming to attractover a thousand teamsto compete together.
Since it's about selecting 'machine model workers,' the assessment standards must be hardcore:
- 'Three Realities' hard indicators: real scenarios serve as the competition venue, real job tasks serve as the competition questions, and all scores are based on real operational data.
- Four-dimensional 100-point system: task execution, embodied data collection and feedback, autonomous intelligence, and innovation capability — four modules fully assessed.
- Cross-disciplinary 'brawl' is still fair: regardless of whether your robot body is humanoid, quadruped, or wheeled, and whether you are fully autonomous or teleoperated, the organizers have specially set up differentiated conversion coefficients to ensure that teams with different technical routes can compete head-to-head on a level playing field.
- The strictest judging panel: the organizing committee has invited embodied intelligence scientists, AI technology experts, plus skill masters and real-world scenario representatives, forming a 'triple cross-review panel' to safeguard safety bottom lines and fairness.
Here's the key point — how is the prize money distributed?
All 23 competition events have prizes:First prize 10,000 yuan (1 winner), second prize 5,000 yuan (2 winners), third prize 3,000 yuan (3 winners), plus dedicated single-event awards for technological innovation and scenario implementation.
As long as you win a place,Tens of millions in intended investment amount + full professional financing guidanceHere it is, straight up.
This competition centers on "compete once, unlock the whole network," with results directly connected to three major international stages: the GDPS Autumn Conference this year in the 10th month (October), the Dubai Middle East AI Expo in the 12th month (December), and the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in the 7th month (July) of 2027.
"Showcase—go global—land on the ground": the entire one-stop pipeline is laid out for you.
This competition adopts a phased advancement mechanism:
- Before September 30 (Phase 1): complete co-construction of scenario challenges, turning enterprises' real pain points directly into the test questions.
- Before October 10 (Phase 2): complete the simulated production line setup and fully launch scenario testing and training.
- October 23-25 (Phase 3): the official showdown in Shanghai, genuinely testing the robots' generalization capabilities and the value of putting solutions into practice.
And that's not all—after the competition, operations shift directly into a regular mode. From theNational Simulation Competition for Real-Scenario Training(2026-11 - 2027-2), fighting all the way toNational Real-Scenario Training Competition(2027-3 - 6), and the strongest champion ultimately selected will be directly recommended to2027 WAIC Embodied AI Exhibition。
This competition is guided by the World Artificial Intelligence Conference Organizing Committee, hosted by the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association and the China Electronics Standardization Institute, and co-hosted by Shanghai Zhangjiang (Group) Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Lujiazui (Group) Co., Ltd.
Currently, registration for the competition is still open, and teams from around the world are welcome to sign up.
Official registration website: https://ieic.gdps.org.cn/
Official account: Global Developer Pioneer Conference (GDPS)
*This article is republished by QbitAI with authorization; the views belong solely to the original author.
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