- The competition ran October 20–24 in Meizhou, Guangdong, according to Guangming Daily.
- Woodland courses tested movement and task execution beyond standard indoor competition settings.
Testing outside the lab
Nearly 500 university and technology-company teams took part in the 2026 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area embodied-intelligence robot competition in Meizhou, Guangdong, according to a report in Guangming Daily’s October 25 edition, reproduced by Sina Finance. The event ran October 20–24 at the Lingnan national defense education base.
The report, by journalists Chen Huijuan and Wu Chunyan, describes woodland courses and complex obstacles designed to test on-site adjustment, adaptation to a setting and team coordination. Quadruped robots navigated wooden structures, stake arrays and gravel stairs, while bipedal machines undertook tasks including first-aid supply collection and casualty transport.
A practical test setting
The competition included separate ground-robot woodland and drone tracks. The report presents the setting as a way to expose laboratory technology to more demanding conditions and connect businesses with university research teams.
These demonstrations show the tasks organizers put before participating machines; the report supplies no comparative reliability scores or evidence of commercial deployment. Its publication date is October 25, distinct from the competition’s October 24 closing date.
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