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Seven days later, the 31st Chengdu Summer Universiade will kick off by the beautiful Dong'an Lake. All preparations for the event have been completed, and participating delegations have arrived one after another. From venue construction to equipment, the addition of more and more intelligent technology elements has become a major highlight of this year's Universiade.

Green and low-carbon, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 26000 tons

The Chengdu Universiade will implement the concept of green and low-carbon throughout the entire process of its preparation, hosting, and post competition. After fully implementing the source emission reduction measures, it will achieve a reduction of about 26000 tons of carbon emissions, and the entire process of event preparation, hosting, and post event carbon emissions will be about 370000 tons.

For example, during the Chengdu Universiade, a total of 1340 new energy buses and over 1000 new energy vehicles were used for transportation services. Among them, 80 hydrogen fuel cell buses painted with pandas use hydrogen as the raw material, only emitting pure water and without secondary pollution, which has advantages such as high energy efficiency, energy conservation, and environmental protection.

Hydrogen fuel cell buses. Integrated Media Center in Pidu District, Chengdu, China

The design and construction of competition venues are also supported by "black technology" to achieve green and low-carbon. The unique rainwater recycling system in gymnastics competition venues can filter and recycle rainwater, which can be used for greening and irrigation, thereby saving water resources and energy. The intelligent center of Fenghuangshan Sports Park Ice Basket Gymnasium can monitor the operation of the entire venue's mechanical and electrical equipment in real time, so as to adjust the air conditioning output and equipment operation in real time according to the number of people and activities, in order to achieve the goal of low-carbon and energy-saving.

Skilled in first aid and accompanying practice, the Universiade showcases the robot mobilization

In terms of event support, the Chengdu Universiade has adopted the "Rongbao" robot, known as the "Special Service Student". It is a service robot with emergency functions that can deliver emergency kits, defibrillators, and other medical emergency tools at the center of the venue. When the robot quickly arrives at the call location, it will automatically open the built-in first aid kit and synchronously play a video tutorial on using the defibrillator, helping staff quickly and correctly use the defibrillator, and providing technical guidance through remote video connection experts. In addition, the "Rongbao" robot can also provide intelligent services such as guidance and guidance, information broadcasting, language translation, remote calling, consultation and dialogue.

Dayun Rongbao Robot.

In terms of auxiliary training, the table tennis robot equipped in the Chengdu High tech Sports Center Gymnasium is the same training robot as the Chinese table tennis team. It can achieve humanoid movements to serve and train the receiver to observe and predict the serve movements. The robot can also customize the speed, rotation, and landing point of each ball, set multiple playing methods according to training needs, support professional accompaniment, and also meet the fun table tennis experience of citizens.

A table tennis robot that serves as a "trainer" for the Universiade. Photo by Liang Lei, Xinhua Social Development

In terms of daily services, Chengdu Dayun Village is equipped with a dual arm flower pulling coffee robot. Through a powerful artificial intelligence learning system, the robotic arm can stably replicate the master's flower pulling patterns at the pixel level, demonstrating a high level of intelligence and automation.

The intelligent unmanned coffee machine in Dayun Village has added "Dayun limited" flower pulling. Liu Haiyun shoots Red Star News

The bipedal humanoid robot in Chengdu Dayun Village is the first small bipedal robot in China to achieve fast walking. Its high toughness and strong torque composite servo is the first in the domestic industry, and its bipedal robot gait algorithm has achieved an industry innovation record. This robot will present a welcome dance for delegations from various countries at the Welcome Center of the Universiade Village.

Smart travel, visual management, and the "strongest brain" to safeguard the Universiade

During the Chengdu Universiade, the world's first mass-produced autonomous front mounted bus equipped with a "vehicle road cloud integration" system will be unveiled, divided into two models: MOGO BUS M1 and MOGO BUS B2. Both models are equipped with the automotive grade mushroom car brain independently developed by Mushroom Car Federation, equipped with 8 solid-state LiDARs and various types of sensors as standard, with a perception range of 200 meters. It can achieve 360 degree blind spots and a response time of 0.1 seconds, which is three times faster than human "veteran drivers". It can safely and efficiently handle complex traffic conditions with a large number of vehicles and people during the Universiade event, ensuring safe and smooth operation of autonomous driving during the event, and bringing a highly technological and intelligent travel experience to participants, guests, and media from all over the world.

On July 15th, an autonomous bus was driving on the road in Dayun Village. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xi

The sports venue for competitions is a complex system, and its operation and maintenance are crucial to ensuring the smooth progress of the competition. The visual management platform of Fenghuangshan Sports Center in Jinniu District, Chengdu City is based on digital twin technology, which fully and accurately restores the layout of the venue building structure and various facilities and equipment positions on the virtual simulation space model of the sports center. The venue security situation, equipment status, passenger flow, faults, alarms, and other comprehensive data are presented in a single graph, and the comprehensive situation is managed in a single graph. The integrated application of business functions effectively helps managers to fully control the operational status of the venue. From the actual operation situation, the platform reduces the energy consumption of the entire sports stadium by about 15%, improves equipment operation efficiency by about 20%, extends equipment lifecycle by about 20%, and reduces operation and maintenance costs by about 30%.

The picture shows the operation and maintenance staff operating the visual management platform of Fenghuangshan Sports Center. Sun Qin's photo of Xinhua Social Development

Technology also makes event services more user-friendly. Equipped with a new generation of AI translation barrier free communication system, it provides online translation, text conversion, and speech synthesis services for 83 languages. Narrowing social distance, intelligent translation and intercom system to assist, and can also recognize Sichuan dialect.

The competition venue still hides these "black technologies"

Several hours of "ice basket" conversion, intelligent control of venue temperature, and recycling of rainwater for greening and irrigation... Many "black technologies" will effectively ensure the smooth progress of the competition and achieve green and low-carbon.

This is a photo taken on April 18, 2023, of the main sports stadium, multifunctional sports hall, swimming and diving hall, and small ball court in Dong'an Lake Sports Park. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shen Bohan

·Quickly achieve "ice basket conversion" to standard configuration

The multifunctional hall of Dong'an Lake Sports Park in Chengdu has a layer of cold water pipes and hot water pipes below the venue. When the basketball court is converted to an ice rink, the movable wooden floor is first dismantled, and then the cold water pipe is continuously cooled to minus 9 degrees Celsius. After that, water is continuously sprinkled to solidify the ice, ultimately forming a 9mm thick ice surface for ice hockey matches.

·Intelligent temperature control brings a refreshing experience

Gymnastics competitions require a constant room temperature between 23 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius, so the multifunctional hall responsible for the Universiade gymnastics competition has temperature sensors installed in all stands, including the center area, to analyze overall data at any time.

·"Being able to drink water and capture light" is everywhere in the Green Universiade

The newly built Xiangcheng Sports Center is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also a truly drinkable venue. The collected rainwater, after treatment and biological disinfection through filters, can also be used for green irrigation, air conditioning replenishment, and road flushing in venues. Through rainwater recycling, Xiangcheng Sports Center can save more than 3000 tons of water and reduce water consumption by 20% throughout the year.

This is a photo taken on April 17, 2023 at the Xiangcheng Sports Center, where the water polo competition of the Chengdu Universiade will be held. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Xi

At the Chengdu University Volleyball Arena, there is a silver gray, 600 square meter sized glass lighting well. The sunlight shines into the daylighting well and is evenly distributed throughout the venue. Through this device, approximately 300 to 500 kilowatt hours of electricity can be saved per day, equivalent to the monthly electricity consumption of a family of three.

·Advanced competition system makes results more fair and just

The venue of the rowing project - Sichuan International Water Sports Center, is an upgraded and renovated project based on the Sichuan Provincial Water Sports School, which has introduced and installed advanced Albano systems. During rowing competitions, this system will divide the course into a racetrack and a secondary course. During kayaking competitions, the racing track will be converted from the rowing track to the standard kayaking track. During the competition, the organizers will also use automatic navigators, paired with the Albano system, to ensure that the response time for navigation is less than 0.09 seconds, ensuring that all boats depart at the same time and starting line. The timing accuracy of the electronic timing and scoring system reaches one thousandth of a second, ensuring a more standardized and accurate competitive environment.

Sichuan Provincial Water Sports School. Photo by Red Star News reporter Xie Hui

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