Great News🏆: AI Cube Lab Teams Win Two Second Prizes and One Third Prize at MEICC Embodied Intelligent Precision Assembly (Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao)

On 21-22 August 2026, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao regional selection of the 2026 China Collegiate Mechanical Engineering Innovation and Creativity Contest (MEICC) Embodied Intelligent Precision Assembly track was held at Shunde Polytechnic University. Multiple undergraduate teams guided by the Sun Yat-sen University Advanced Manufacturing Intelligence Laboratory (AI Cube Lab) took part and won two Guangdong Second Prizes and one Guangdong Third Prize, demonstrating the laboratory’s record in undergraduate training at the intersection of artificial intelligence and intelligent manufacturing.

About the contest

The China Collegiate Mechanical Engineering Innovation and Creativity Contest is a major national contest for students in mechanical engineering and related fields. It is designed to develop engineering innovation, hands-on practice, and teamwork. This year’s Embodied Intelligent Precision Assembly selection for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao region was organized by the Guangdong Mechanical Engineering Society and hosted by Shunde Polytechnic University. The problem required teams to complete on-site design, system debugging, and assembly, placing high demands on overall engineering practice.

Embodied intelligent precision assembly combines sensing, planning, and mechanical execution. It is an important direction in intelligent manufacturing and a demanding test of whether university students can take algorithms and equipment from proposal to working system.

Results

The laboratory has organized undergraduate participation in precision-assembly contests for two consecutive years. In 2025, Li Wenfei, Xie Ying, Lin Yule, and Wang Ziming won a Guangdong Third Prize in the intelligent precision assembly contest, showing the potential of junior undergraduates in a professional contest. This year the laboratory again entered the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao selection and won two Guangdong Second Prizes and one Third Prize, an advance on the previous year.

Before the contest, the laboratory organized targeted training and preparation so that students could become familiar with the procedure, refine technical plans, and strengthen on-site debugging and coordination. Sending several teams at once also reflects the laboratory’s sustained investment in undergraduate contests.

Training

Embodied intelligent precision assembly is closely related to the laboratory’s long-term research in advanced manufacturing. The laboratory has consistently rooted its work in real industrial problems and has encouraged undergraduates to enter research early and develop innovation capacity in real engineering settings. Learning through competition and research through competition is a central path in the laboratory’s undergraduate training.

This result is a concentrated check on prior training and further evidence that the laboratory’s undergraduates now compete on a stable basis at the intersection of intelligent manufacturing. The laboratory will continue to use high-level academic contests as a vehicle, encouraging more undergraduates to train in embodied intelligence, precision assembly, and advanced manufacturing, and working to cultivate innovative talent with a solid theoretical foundation and strong engineering practice.