In a laboratory of the Zhou Yiqing Building at Zhejiang University, Ms. Yu Chaonan from the Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies is showing how the behavior of a rat can be controlled by stimulating the rat’s sensory cortex with a micro-current device to produce “virtual touch”. To gain firsthand insight into entrenched problems faced by China’s educational system, staff from the MOE Public Information Office visited Zhejiang University on June 7, to examine how the AI Innovation Action Plan for Higher Education Institutions has been implemented in the university, as part of a communications campaign entitled “Education Endeavor 1+1”. [Xie Yinan/photo; Yao zhen/ caption]

In a laboratory of the Zhou Yiqing Building at Zhejiang University, Professor Pan Gang of the Computer Science and Technology College talks to journalists about the rat robots based on a brain-computer interface: a typical example of hybrid intelligent systems that integrate animal sensory perception with computing technology. [Pen Huihui/photo; Qi Yu, Yao Zhen/caption]

Two students from the College of Control Science and Engineering of Zhejiang University try to control a logistics robot. [Xie Yinan/photo; Yao zhen/ caption]

A student from the College of Control Science and Engineering of Zhejiang University checks the temperature of the engine of a quadruped robot. [Xie Yinan/photo; Yao zhen/ caption]

In a training room of the printing factory at Zhejiang University, two students from the College of Mechanical Engineering replace the circuit board of football robots to test their motion planning and balance control abilities. [Xie Yinan/photo; Yao zhen/ caption]