The first Global Embodied Intelligence Application Innovation Challenge and the 2026 China Robot Competition closed in Hangzhou on the afternoon of October 18. According to an article QbitAI republished from the National Embodied Intelligence Application Pilot Base, the three-day event drew more than 2,000 teams and nearly 5,000 contestants from universities including Tsinghua, Zhejiang and Shanghai Jiao Tong, competing through real-robot operation and live-scenario tasks. The competition awarded 59 championships, 57 runner-up places, 52 third places and 12 enterprise-track team awards, with tasks spanning flexible sorting, air-ground coordination, home service, medical assistance, unknown-terrain exploration and dexterous manipulation. Executives from 10 listed companies including Sunyard, Wasu Media and Unitree Robotics presented awards, and a hiring event with roughly 50 firms such as Unitree, Alibaba DAMO Academy and Hikvision offered more than 500 internships; champion teams received an "internship gold card."