National competition in Shapingba District draws more than 100 teams developing robotics technologies for real-world deployment CHONGQING, China , Sept.
18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A national robotics competition held this month in Chongqing offered a look at China's efforts to move embodied artificial intelligence out of research laboratories and into commercial use.
The finals of the 11 th "Maker in China" SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest for Intelligent Biomimetic Robots concluded Sept.
11 in Chongqing's Shapingba District.
The three-day national competition drew more than 100 teams from across China, with projects spanning biomimetic robotics, industrial automation and AI systems designed to perceive and interact with the physical world.
Alongside the competition, organizers arranged meetings involving companies, universities and research institutions, as well as discussions aimed at technology transfer, financing and local deployment.
The event formed part of a national program intended to support innovative SMEs with specialized technologies.
Its theme was "Pushing Tech Frontiers, Unleashing Creativity." The competition comprised 13 tracks, covering work ranging from foundational research to systems approaching commercial deployment.
Teams in the startup category competed in three broad areas: cutting-edge technologies, core enabling technologies and specialized applications.
Their projects focused in part on the hardware, software and control systems underpinning the next....
