A non-inductive access conference navigation system, an embedded AI large-scale humanoid bionic robot, and 800 pieces of waste circuit boards are "transformed" into art installations...... From April 25th to 29th, the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference with the theme of "Innovation: Building a Better World" was held at the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center in Beijing. This year's annual meeting of the forum highlights cutting-edge exploration, achievement sharing, and open cooperation, focusing on artificial intelligence, life sciences, space science, new materials, clean energy and other cutting-edge fields of science and technology, and building a trading and sharing platform for more than 3,000 scientific and technological achievements from more than 40 countries and regions, linking global wisdom, building an exchange platform, and injecting new vitality into global scientific and technological cooperation.
The reporter walked into the new site of the annual meeting of the Zhongguancun Forum - Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, which was opened for the first time, and a strong atmosphere of science and technology came to his face. "Science and technology conference" has always been the characteristic concept of Zhongguancun Forum, and it is also one of the highlights of Zhongguancun Forum. The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference will comprehensively upgrade the "Science and Technology Meeting" plan, continuing the three characteristics of "wisdom", "cloud" and "green". In particular, we will further strengthen the diversified experience of digital technology, through a large number of application scenarios and equipment connected to AIGC models, so that everyone can feel and know the achievements of scientific and technological innovation, and by expanding the use of green materials, so that participants can personally feel the practical convenience brought by science and technology to life.
Smart services are full of "science and technology".
"Hey, I'm finally waiting for you, I'm a new member of the Zhongguancun Forum this year, the 'Xiaoguan' robot. "When you enter the south gate of Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, the first thing that catches your eye is the Zhongguancun Forum "Xiaoguan" robot equipped with naked-eye 3D aerial imaging technology and AIGC large model technology on both sides of the consultation desk, which is on duty 24 hours a day, providing guidance services and real-time interaction. "Xiaoguan" has the skills of moving autonomously to avoid obstacles, taking elevators, making phone calls, etc., and only needs to tell it the address it wants to go to, and it can provide guidance and explanation services to the audience.
In the information desk, there is also a lifelike bionic humanoid robot "front desk" that can provide consultation services to participants. This bionic humanoid robot is equipped with an AIGC semantic model, which can realize intelligent voice Q&A, and participants can ask about the venue, learn about the major sections and characteristics of the Zhongguancun Forum, and experience a surreal new communication experience.
On the east side of the experience area of the science and technology conference, the aerial imaging consultation desk is equipped with the world's leading "interactive aerial imaging" technology, which can directly image the content in the air without relying on other physical display media.
The reporter found that the metaverse venue of the Zhongguancun Forum has also been fully upgraded this year, building a deeply immersive and real-time interactive communication and exchange space for participants in the outer space base full of scientific and technological magic and future imagination, bringing an unprecedented interactive experience. "Xiaoguan" appeared in the metaverse venue as the "number one player" and "astronaut", answering questions raised by participants about the features of the forum, event arrangement, schedule setting, venue guidelines, etc.
"Turn, Change" environmental art installation
Create a one-stop smart interactive experience
While providing smart services, this year's Zhongguancun Forum also set up a number of intelligent experience projects to enrich everyone's participation experience. In the AIGC "My Science and Technology Exploration Journey with Xiaoguan" interactive installation in the science and technology conference experience area, participants can generate digital posters by taking photos and uploading them through the interactive device. In the realistic digital human experience area on the side, participants can scan and model portraits on the spot, and create their own digital human with digital human stylists, the whole production process is full of science and technology and a sense of the future, and they can also scan the code to take away their own digital human assets.
The intelligent coffee robot located in the partner rest area also received a lot of attention from the participants. This coffee robot has a dual robotic arm design, which can accurately replicate the barista's latte art skills, showing a handmade latte art coffee. It can also dynamically capture the subtle movements of the coffee latte art champion instructor through 11 sets of cameras, combined with AI technology, and through the flexible rotation of the six-axis robotic arm, it can accurately present the layered beauty of coffee latte art and achieve all-round "smart service".
In the cloud intelligent embroidery machine next to it, many participants also experienced personalized handkerchief embroidery, embroidered "Xiaoguan" on handbags, clothes and other materials, and realized personalized embroidery through intelligent plate making, equipment cloud platform interaction, machine vision, fully automated control and other technologies, using digital technology to empower industrial transformation, and open up a new space for personalized customization in the field of clothing sewing applications.
Further deepen the concept of green meetings
Going to the "Turn, Change" environmental protection art installation area, the reporter saw an art display device made from 800 pieces of waste circuit boards with a total weight of 1 ton, using the principle of optical illusion to disperse the device, and presenting the ZGC and forum logo from different perspectives, which is a vivid interpretation of the low-carbon concept of Zhongguancun Forum.
According to reports, the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference will further deepen the concept of green meetings, expand the application scope of green materials, and reduce the use of disposable products in all links.
The reporter saw a series of forum souvenirs and cultural and creative peripheral products made of low-carbon and environmentally friendly materials, and also pasted carbon emission reduction logos on materials such as participation certificates, forum journals, water bottles, etc., which intuitively demonstrated the carbon footprint of various materials in the life cycle and guided participants to choose a more low-carbon lifestyle.
(Author: Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reporter in Beijing Li Ping text/photo)