Students from Department of Architecture Won First Prize in AILCD 9th International Student Design Competition
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2022-01-30
X-Spider: From the Web of Technology to the Web of Life
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2021-12-21
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“Let me introduce to you my second granddaughter,” an elderly lady enthusiastically announced, bending down to a half-squat as she patted the robot at her feet, “unlike other robots, this one can chat with me, and amazingly, in the Hangzhou dialect!” The ball-bodied, six-legged robot is called X-Spider. its relevance to the global aging population and its unique value proposition sent this elder-care robot all the way to the finals of the 7th International “Internet Plus” Competition....
Thirty years: ZJU team builds “big roofs” for Chinese people
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2021-11-13
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The Expo Axis at the World Exposition 2010 in Shanghai, the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center featuring an iconic lotus-petal design, and the reflective surface back frame of China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST)……These imposing landmark buildings and projects have a common feature—a modern spatial structure characterized by its wide span, spacious room and large area. Over the past 30 years, the team led by Prof. LUO Yaozhi at the College of Civil Engineering and ...
Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Future Digital Health officially launched
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2021-03-09
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On March 3, Alibaba-Zhejiang University Joint Research Institute of Future Digital Health was officially launched on Zijingang Campus.The Institute will be co-directed by Prof. ZHOU Tianhua, vice president of Zhejiang University, and Mr. HUA Xianshen, vice president of Alibaba Group and head of the City Brain Lab of DAMO Academy. It will be committed to building an ecosystem featured by the in-depth industry-university-institute integration and expanding the joint research in the field of future...
Self-driving van delivers packages on Zijingang Campus
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2020-08-18
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Have you recently noticed a small blue cargo van wandering around the student residence halls on Zijingang Campus? This is Little G, the self-driving delivery van designed by Alibaba. Every day, it shuttles back and forth between different halls of residence to deliver packages to consignees. Although this self-driving van is small and cute, it can carry a heavy load and cater to the needs of more students.On the strength of such self-driving algorithms as decision planning, high-precision locat...
The 3D replica of Yungang Grottoes now “moveable” around the world
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2020-06-14
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On June 12 the exhibit “Grace and Gradeur: Memories of Yungang Grottoes through a century” made its debut at Exhibition Hall 2 and 3 of Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology (ZJUMAA). More than 100 artifacts from the collections of the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, including stone sculptures, steles, potteries, and architectural components, are featured. In this exhibition, the reproduce of the world’s first moveable 3D replica of a cave in the Yungang Grottoes allow visito...
UAD wins the 2019 AR New into Old Commended Award
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2019-12-19
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The winner of the 2019 AR New into Old awards, alongside two Highly Commended and three Commended buildings, for sustainable alternatives to building anew have been selected by the panel of judges, consisting of Roz Barr, director and founder of Roz Barr Architects, Hugh Strange, founder of Hugh Strange Architects, and Catherine Slessor, writer, critic and former editor of The Architectural Review, recently. Qingyuan Young Professors’ Club by the Architectural Design and Research Institut...
President WU speaks at the International Conference on AI and Education
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2019-05-20
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The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education themed "Planning Education in the AI Era: Lead the leap" was convened on May 16. Over 300 participants from 110 countries gathered at the conference to discuss the implementation of AI strategies for education.WU Zhaohui, president of Zhejiang University delivered a speech entitled "The Learning Revolution in the Era of Augmented Intelligence". "The augmented intelligence era, marked by artificial inte...
ZJU “Foundation” for Chinese Infrastructure
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2019-02-20
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Recognized as a modern economy running on reliable roads and rails, China has made great efforts in developing transport infrastructure for decades. The network of roads and railways ties the country together and is at the heart of China’s outstanding economic growth.For any roads and railways, foundation is key to their construction, safety and long-term use. Complex geological conditions in China pose many challenges to this step. For example, in the coastal areas of southern China,...
New version of “Jueying” robot dog released
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2018-12-19
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A new version of the four-legged “Jueying” robot was released on Dec. 4. The new “Jueying” robot, a small-sized quadruped robot that can handle 20 kg objects, is capable of running and climbing stairs.The new “Jueying” robot is marked by a better ability to strike a balance while running and a greater capability of adapting to more complicated terrains, said one of the developers.“Jueying” can issue an order every 0.5 millisecond, adapt quickly to the environment, give an order while it ...