Meituan Academy of Robotics Shenzhen (MARS, hereinafter referred to as the "Academy") is a scientific research institution initiated by Meituan and registered in July 2022 under the guidance of the Shenzhen Civil Affairs Bureau.
The institute actively responds to the national innovation-driven development strategy, relies on the rich business scenarios and data accumulation of Meituan Life Services, and combines the scientific research advantages of the academic community in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to carry out research and development of key robotics technologies and lead the frontiers of robotics disciplines and technological innovation. direction to accelerate the implementation and transformation of scientific research results.
We sincerely invite outstanding scholars to work with the institute to build an open collaborative innovation platform that comprehensively integrates industry, academia, research and application in the Greater Bay Area. We welcome outstanding scholars to pay attention to and apply for the institute's scientific research projects in 2023 .
Full-time scholars and researchers from domestic universities and scientific research institutions can apply to participate in scientific research cooperation with the institute.
Applicants should have good independent research abilities and be able to lead a student team to participate in projects.
Choose and understand the topic
In 2023, two categories will be established : open topics and field topics . Researchers can refer to Appendix 1 at the end of the article to select the topics you are interested in to make proposals.
Prepare and submit proposals
Please fill in the "Proposal Template" (Attachment 2 at the end of the article) and submit the application through online application (click to access).
The system can submit multiple times, and the last submitted information will prevail.
We will comprehensively consider the academic background of the applicant and the team, the match between the proposal and the topic, as well as the advancement, potential business value and feasibility of the proposal itself.
The evaluation is divided into two stages : correspondence evaluation and final evaluation . During the letter review stage, your proposal will be cross-reviewed by multiple Meituan technical experts, and the results of the letter review will be notified via email. If your proposal passes the letter review, the corresponding technical person in charge of Meituan will contact you to jointly revise and optimize the proposal. The final proposal will be discussed and reviewed by 3-5 Meituan experts to ultimately determine whether to approve the project.
Project results
Can include papers, patents, reports, prototypes, technical solutions, models, source code, etc.
The final deliverables are subject to specific project requirements and negotiations between both parties.
Project cycle
Usually 6 to 12 months.
Funding and Support
Provide financial support for projects, with each project not exceeding 200,000 yuan.
Provide no less than 2 on-site intern positions for each topic.
Provide a green channel for new graduates to join the cooperative teacher team.
According to the specific needs of the subject, desensitized data sets are provided under the premise of legal compliance.
For more information, please refer to the "Institute Scientific Research Cooperation FAQ" (Appendix 3 at the end of the article)
Application deadline : October 22, 2023 (Sunday)
End of final evaluation : end of November 2023
Project establishment : December 2023 or January 2024
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us: [email protected]
Note: Please indicate [2023MARS scientific research cooperation] in the email title
Attachment list (click to download)
Attachment 1 : Detailed information on open topics and field topics
Attachment 2 : Project proposal template
Attachment 3 : Shenzhen Meituan Robotics Research Institute Scientific Research Cooperation FAQ 2023
Issue list
| List of field issues
01 Research on the application of map-less autonomous navigation of mobile robots in new environments
02 Research on the application of robotic arm meal bag picking and placing in takeout delivery scenarios
03 Research on near-field synaesthesia integration technology
04 Research on general deep learning decision-making algorithm for multiple complex scenarios
05 Research on the combination model of drone delivery and buildings
06 Research on the path of municipalization of UAV take-off and landing facilities
07 Research on driving agent technology based on large visual language model
08 Multi-modal end-to-end autonomous driving technology research
| List of open topics (robots, embodied intelligence and other related directions)
01 Embodied Intelligence
02 Sensor fusion/multimodal perception
03 Human-computer interaction/human-computer collaboration
04 High-precision map
05 High-precision and high-reliability positioning
06 Robot operating system and standardization
07 Simulation environment
08 Agent Modeling
09 Environment/task representation and task planning
10 Reliability and security
11 Innovative smart hardware and applications
12 Artificial Intelligence Ethics Research