Background:
Tsinghua University iCenter is a practical training center offering engineering innovation courses to the entire university. Students from science, engineering, humanities, and design disciplines participate. Existing courses cover intelligent product design, robot design, engineering & art creativity, and chemistry-related robotics. They needed a new course integrating embodied intelligence technology that could collaborate with other colleges.
Requirements:
1. Integrate embodied intelligence technology, including LLM utilization and robotics engineering, ensuring it is accessible to students.
2. Design projects that align with the specific academic backgrounds of various colleges.
3. Conduct the course during the summer session, totaling 80 hours over 2 weeks of intensive training.
Solutions:
1. The course was divided into 2 phases. Phase 1 involved building a complete compound robot project, covering chassis design and motion control, robotic arm control, LLM application development, and VLM vision applications. Phase 2 provided 10 mini-projects, allowing students to choose and design a project based on their major, integrating 3D printing and circuit design.
2. We provided M-Series 09S products, with students paired in groups of 2-3. Enterprise engineers were arranged as teaching assistants on-site to help resolve technical issues.
