From October 26 to October 27, 2024, it will be jointly hosted by Shandong Science and Technology Association, Shandong Department of Education, Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League, Shandong Development and Reform Commission, Shandong Department of Industry and Information Technology, and Shandong Department of Human Resources and Social Security. The 16th Shandong University Student Science and Technology Festival - the 12th Shandong University Robot Innovation Competition, jointly organized by Shandong Robot Research Association and Shandong Normal University, was held in Wenjunlou Normal Education Training Center of Changqinghu Campus. To undertake the Shandong University Student Science and Technology Festival activities is an important measure for our university to earnestly implement the spirit of the Party's 20 Congresses, deeply implement the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, strengthening talent and innovation-driven development. Since its launch, the event has received strong support from various organizers, contractors, universities, enterprises and people from all walks of life, and has received widespread attention from the society.

The opening ceremony of the competition was held in the lecture hall on the first floor of the library of Changqinghu Campus on the morning of October 27. Liu Liyin, Director of the Service Center of Shandong Science and Technology Association, Wang Hongjun, Vice president of Shandong Robot Research Association, Director of the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of iot Information Technology and System Engineering of Shandong University, Teng Jin, Secretary General of Shandong Robot Research Association, Qiao Cuixia, Director of the Academic Affairs Office of Shandong Normal University, Song Huifeng, Director of the Department of Electronics, School of Physics and Electronic Science of Shandong Normal University, Referee teacher representative Xu Huaqiang attended. The opening ceremony was presided over by Wang Jingjing, vice president of the School of Physics and Electronic Science of Shandong Normal University.

Liu Liyin, director of the Service Center of Shandong Science and Technology Association, delivered a speech, introducing the purpose and significance of holding Shandong Science and Technology Festival and Robot Innovation Competition to stimulate the enthusiasm of college students for innovation and entrepreneurship and create an atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship in the whole society, encouraging participating teachers and students to improve the application of professional knowledge, improve personal creativity and competitiveness through competition. To better realize their potential and self-worth. Qiao Cuixia, Director of the Academic Affairs Office of Shandong Normal University, delivered a speech, introducing the characteristic experience and outstanding achievements of entrepreneurship and innovation work in our school in recent years, and expressing the high expectation for students to improve their ability of entrepreneurship and innovation through combining courses and competitions and promoting learning through competitions.

The competition set up basic class, standard platform project, air flying robot (rotor), multi-foot robot competition project four categories. The specific events cover a total of 14 items, such as robot fire fighting, intelligent obstacle avoidance car, four-legged bionic robot (small group, medium group), indoor intelligent car race, outdoor intelligent driving race. The event Settings closely fit the "artificial intelligence +" and "robot +" related industries, covering industry, service, social security and other fields, attracting more than 1,300 participants. The competition adopts a multi-form participation approach combining on-site evaluation and online evaluation. The diversification of holding methods allows the scope of participation in the competition to be broader, and gives birth to a variety of forms of competition formation, providing a more mature platform for participants to communicate and compete.

Shandong University Robot Innovation Competition is a guided and demonstrative provincial competition activity, which reflects the cultural orientation of encouraging innovation and promoting industrial development. The competition is a representative of the integration of innovation and entrepreneurship education and professional education actively promoted by the teaching reform of colleges and universities, aiming to stimulate college students to learn and research technologies and skills in robot-related fields. The successful holding of this competition provides a platform for Qilu students to display innovation and entrepreneurship achievements, strives to promote the integrated development of education, science and technology and talents in the field of robotics, and cultivates a large number of compound talents who are "hands-on", "dare to innovate" and "good cooperation". It has made contributions to optimizing the innovation and entrepreneurship ecology, promoting the transformation of innovation achievements, integrating universities and enterprises, helping small and medium-sized enterprises to innovate and develop, and promoting the robot industry from good to excellent to achieve high-quality development.