On October 11, the Founding Conference and Academic Seminar of the NEU Interdisciplinary Research Center for Industrial Embodied Intelligence was held in Room 308 of the Hanqing Auditorium. The conference was attended by Academicians Yu Haibin and Wang Guofa of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wang Chengxin, a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Zhang Chunche, Deputy Head of the Shenyang Embodied Intelligence (Intelligent Robot) Industry Special Task Force, Feng Xiating, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of NEU, Chai Tianyou, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Director of the NEU Academic Committee, and Wang Qiang, Vice President of NEU.
On behalf of NEU, Feng Xiating warmly welcomed the attending academicians and experts, and expressed his sincere gratitude to all the relevant institutions that have long shown concern for, supported, and guided NEU's development. On behalf of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Wang Chengxin congratulated the Center on its establishment. Wang Chengxin pointed out that embodied intelligence, an emerging research field stemming from the deep integration of artificial intelligence and robotics technologies, has become a key engine for cultivating new quality productive forces and driving industrial transformation.
At the conference, Yu Haibin and Feng Xiating jointly unveiled the plaque of the NEU Interdisciplinary Research Center for Industrial Embodied Intelligence. Wang Qiang read out the "Decision on the Establishment of the NEU Interdisciplinary Research Center for Industrial Embodied Intelligence." Li Xinde, head of the Center and professor of the Faculty of Robot Science and Engineering, introduced the Center's construction and implementation plan. The attending academicians and experts offered constructive suggestions on the Center's operating mechanism, key research priorities, interdisciplinary development, talent team building, and service to local industrial development.
