Young visitors in Dongying city, Shandong province, now have a new place to experience cutting-edge technology up close.
Located inside the Dongying Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Shandong Rongling Robot Alliance Science Exploration Base features a 4,000-square-meter indoor exhibition hall, more than 6.67 hectares of outdoor training space, and over 100 pieces of intelligent equipment.
Visitors explore the indoor exhibition hall at the Shandong Rongling Robot Alliance Science Exploration Base. [Photo/WeChat account: dyetdz]
At the humanoid robot display area, robots can walk, avoid obstacles, shake hands and even catch objects, offering visitors a vivid glimpse of future productivity. In the core components exhibition zone, children can learn how precision joints, sensors, controllers and unmanned vehicle parts work together to power smart machines.
A young visitor interacts with a robotic arm during a hands-on technology experience. [Photo/WeChat account: dyetdz]
The interactive experience area is another highlight. Visitors can assemble simple robots, control palm-sized drones, play drone football and challenge AI robots to a game of Go, known in Chinese as weiqi.
Young visitors play Go against AI-powered robot arms at the interactive experience area. [Photo/WeChat account: dyetdz]
The base is currently in trial operation and is open to individual visitors, study tours and corporate team-building groups. It is scheduled to officially open on July 15.
Visitors watch a humanoid robot take part in a football demonstration. [Photo/WeChat account: dyetdz]
