To all Universities, Colleges, and Institutes:
International College Students Intelligent Agricultural Equipment Innovation Competition (Hereinafter referred to as the "competition") aims to cultivate students' innovative spirit and practical ability, stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship inspiration, and promote the cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial talents in the field of agricultural equipment engineering and international exchange and cooperation for students majoring in agricultural engineering. The competition has become extremely influential in the field of agricultural equipment engineering, and has achieved remarkable results in cultivating students' innovation and entrepreneurship ability and comprehensive quality. According to the regulations, the competition is held once a year. Now relevant matters are hereby notified as follows：
I.Purpose of the competition
With the theme of "ensure food security and achieve rural revitalization", the competition aims to cultivate modern agricultural equipment innovation and entrepreneurship talents with "strong professional knowledge and hands-on ability, as well as excellent innovation and entrepreneurship ability" urgently needed by the industry, and creates a comprehensive international education platform, contributing to the innovative development of modern agricultural equipment industry.
II. Organization
The competition sets up leading organizations and working organizations. The leading organization consists of the Competition steering Committee and the Competition Committee (Annex 1), which has a secretariat (affiliated to Jiangsu University). The working organizations include the working group of the competition organizer and the competition evaluation expert group.
III.Organizers
The 8th International College Students Intelligent Agricultural Equipment Innovation Competition is organized by the following collaborating institutions:
1.Co-hosts:
·International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR)
·Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery (CSAM),
·Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE),
·Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment (SIAE)
·International University Consortium for Agricultural Engineering (IUCAE).
2.Organizer:
Jiangsu University.
3.Co-organizer:
China Agricultural Machinery Distribution Association (CAMDA).
IV.Competition Requirements
1.Participants:
Students of undergraduate and graduate may apply in teams of two to five members. Class A, B and D works are limited to one entry for each participant.
2.Entry categories:
The entries are divided into three classes: A , B and D.
Class A: Scientific or Technological Inventions in Intelligent Agricultural Equipment
·A1: Invention of intelligent tillage equipment,
·A2: Invention of intelligent planting equipment,
·A3: Invention of intelligent field management equipment,
·A4: Invention of intelligent water-saving irrigation equipment,
·A5: Invention of intelligent harvesting agricultural equipment,
·A6: Invention of intelligent farm products origin processing equipment;,
·A7: Basic parts (hydraulic parts, transmission system, sensors, electric drive, navigation system, etc.)
·A8: Other intelligent agricultural equipment.
The Participate with the highest academic degree is the team leader of the work, which is divided into undergraduate and graduate groups.
Class B: Robotics
Fruit picking and sorting robot competition.
The Participate with the highest academic degree is the team leader of the work, which is divided into undergraduate and postgraduate groups.
Class D: Conceptual Design
The works refer to the conceptual designs of intelligent agricultural machinery and smart agriculture that are forward-looking and future-oriented.
The Participate with the highest academic degree is the team leader of the work, which is divided into undergraduate and postgraduate groups.
3.Declaration for quantity
The number of works submitted by universities (colleges and institutes) shall be no more than 15 for Category A, no more than 8 for Category B and no more than 5 for Category D.
4.Supervisor
Each supervisor is limited to 2 A and D works,and 1 B works and responsible for the originality and authenticity of the works, and each work is limited to 1~3 supervisors.
5. Requirements for Entries
(1) The entries should be the prototype, physical model, software, virtual concept and other achievements independently developed and designed by the student team.The papers and patents involved must be the results of the last two years (September 2020 to September 2022).A works must have a prototype or physical model; Category D: Concept video (MP4, 720P, 200M or less).
(2) The results that have been awarded by national competitions shall not be used for declaration.
(3) It is not allowed to apply directly with the achievements of the tutor.
(4) Do not plagiarize any achievement declaration that does not belong to me.
(5) The core content of the works shall not be the same or repeated with the previous seven entries.
(6) It is forbidden to use intellectual property rights (such as patents, papers, etc.) without the signature of the participating students.
For violation of competition results, falsification of entries, the competition commission after check will be on the official website or the relevant conference within the scope of present colleges during the event list, participating college, teachers and students, at the same time disqualified from winning entries, outstanding teachers qualification and qualification of "challenge cup" of colleges and universities;If the situation is serious, relevant personnel will be held responsible according to the rules of the competition.
V.Registration
1.Competition registration.
Universities and colleges are required to select excellent work to participate in the competition. Teams in class A shall send the Summary List of Works (Annex 2), application document, the R&D report and attachments (Annex3, PDF format) to znnzds2022@163.com before October 10th, 2022. Teams in class D shall send the application document, the R&D report and attachments (Annex 3, PDF format) and the virtual concept model presentation video (720P, 200M or less) to znnzds2022@163.com before October 10th, 2022.
2.Final competition, entries presentations and awards (mid-to later November 2022)
Due to the COVID-19, the competition will be conducted online. The participating teams are required to display their self-developed prototypes, physical models, software, design drawings and concept videos online for Class A and D ; Class B will compete with each other on site.
Due to the COVID-19, the competition schedule may be adjusted . If there are any adjustments will be informed in a timely manner.
VI.Award Types
1.Student awards
There are top prizes (may be declared vacant), first prizes, second prizes and excellence prizes. During the competition, the judges will determine the number of prizes based on the entire number and quality of the entries.
2.University "Cup" award
The competition will award a certain number of "Cup" awards to the participating universities. It will be according to the total score of the winning works, from high to low score. The special prize, first prize, second prize and excellence prize are calculated according to 100 points, 70 points, 40 points and 10 points, respectively.
3.Outstanding supervisor award
The competition will award the “Outstanding Supervisor Award” to the supervisors of the top prize entries.
VII.Other Matters
1. Contact information:
·Hou Baoquan, Jiangsu University; Email: 2011@ujs.edu.cn;
·Ni Ya, Jiangsu University; Tel: +86-18451973955.
2.Other related information of the competition will later be released on the official website (http://uiaec.ujs.edu.cn/).
Annex 1: Member List of Organization
Annex2: Summary List of Works
Annex3: Application Form for Classes A,D
Annex4:Class A,D Evaluation Rules
Annex5: Rules of Class B Fruit picking and sorting robot competition
8th International College Students Intelligent Agricultural Equipment
Innovation Competition Committee
July 20th, 2022
