Recently, a team jointly formed by four students from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and the School of Undergraduate Education of Shenzhen Polytechnic University (SZPU) won second place at the ABB Robocup 2025 Global Edition, held in Bergamo, Italy. The international competition featured 12 teams from countries including China, Italy, France, Spain, and India, with the host country Italy taking the championship title.

Invited by ABB China, SZPU represented China in this prestigious global event. With strategic coordination by the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation and joint efforts from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and the School of Undergraduate Education, the team— guided by faculty advisors Zhao Wei and Yang Min—overcame time zone challenges and language barriers to achieve this impressive result. During the competition, the SZPU delegation engaged deeply with ABB Italy, gaining firsthand insights into the company’s cutting-edge technologies, university-industry collaboration model, and industrial robotics R&D system. The experience provided valuable practical cases to support curriculum development in SZPU’s Mechatronic Engineering Technology and Industrial Robotics Technology programs.

Organized by ABB Group, a global leader in industrial automation, the ABB Robocup 2025 Global Edition centered on the intelligent application of industrial robots. The competition consisted of three main components: virtual programming, theoretical assessment, and hands-on robot operation, comprehensively evaluating participants’ programming logic, engineering mindset, and teamwork under pressure. Concurrently linked with ABB’s national competition in Italy, the event served as an international platform for technical exchange and industry-education integration between universities and enterprises worldwide.

(Yang Min, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering)