ROSCon China 2026 Day One Recap: Whitepaper Released, Strategic Partnerships Secured, Packed Attendance

ROSCon China 2026 opened in Shanghai on October 16, with over a thousand attendees, more than 300 companies, and nearly a hundred universities present on the first day. The Guyueju robot developer community, together with Avnet and the National and Local Co-built Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, jointly released the whitepaper "From Specialized to General: 2026 Embodied Intelligence Technology Evolution and Industrial Deployment," covering dimensions such as the software ecosystem, computing foundation, data systems, hardware bodies, and talent development, and analyzing the positioning of the ROS open-source framework in embodied intelligence.