From May 12 to 13, the 2018 China Service Roberts Competition was held at Shanghai, sponsored byAssociation of Automation and Ministry of Education's Higher Education Automation Teaching Guidance Committee. The competition conforms to the trend dominated by the service industry and covers home service robots, which includes five kinds of robots.It attracts Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, Fudan University and other 150 universities to participate.

It is the first time that XPU has participated in this competition. Two teams were organized and received strong support to join in the picking up robots and orchard spraying robot project. After a fierce competition, Yu Youjiang, Zhang Cong of School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and the team of Bao Junmin under the supervision of  the teacher Zhi Shuangshuang won the third place. Dong Dingyu, Sheng Bo ofSchool of Electronics and Information, and the team of Wang Xu, directed by the teacher Jin Dahai won the second prize.

This competition not only motivated the teachers and students’creative passion, but also develop innovation consciousness and ability.