The Beihang University Project-based Experimental Class in Embodied Intelligent Robotics was showcased at the 2026 Global MOOC and Online Education Conference, held at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, from November 2 to 4. The program drew broad interest and recognition at the conference's Smart Education Exhibition.

More than 300 representatives from 142 universities, online education platforms, international organizations, government agencies and enterprises across 35 countries and regions attended the conference, which focused on the opportunities and challenges facing higher education in the AI era.

The Smart Education Exhibition featured 39 universities, enterprises and institutions from around the world, showcasing representative practices and innovations in AI-enabled teaching, research and university governance. Beihang's program was highlighted for its fully project-based approach, which explores deep integration of AI into undergraduate education and seeks to build a multidisciplinary talent development system that integrates academia, industry and research.

The program brings together faculty and resources from disciplines including embodied intelligence, robotics engineering, artificial intelligence and automation. It reorganizes the curriculum around the task of designing and building a humanoid robot at the undergraduate level, with courses organized by year in progressive layers, building from component-level understanding to system-level intelligence..

Students work in teams on real projects aligned with humanoid robotics technologies, including an integrated arm-hand platform, bipedal and legged robot platforms, a wheeled dual-arm humanoid platform, a robot model training platform and a robot motion algorithm platform. The format allows students to learn theory and test it in practice in quick succession.

This AI-empowered, project-driven model has helped students internalize professional knowledge while developing engineering skills, innovation potential and teamwork. Students in the pilot class have achieved strong results in competitions including the Humanoid Robot Games, the Yizhuang Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon, the National University Student Robot Competition and the Feng Ru Cup.

Beihang will continue to innovate its talent development models, building a comprehensive, full-cycle interdisciplinary system for cultivating innovative talent and establishing itself as a hub for embodied intelligence robotics expertise.

Editor: Lyu Xingyun