为加强基地内涵建设与运行管理，促进科研优势资源、行业优质资源深度参与研究生培养，推进研究生分类培养模式改革，提升研究生实践创新能力、职业胜任能力和未来职业发展能力，10月10日下午，中南大学研究生联合培养基地督查督导组陈立新教授、聂庆璞教授赴我院中南大学-诗和远方研究生联合培养基地开展考核评价工作。人文学院党委副书记刘亚红、传媒系主任朱承璋、部分研究生代表陪同前往。

图1 与会人员合影

湖南诗和远方出版传媒有限公司（简称诗和远方）总经理赵爱平、副总经理吴明接待了督导组，人事部主管俞磊、教材部主管罗昕陪同专家参观了基地的实习场所和先进设备。基地设置了专门的基地管理办公室，配备了专人负责基地日常运行，基地运行管理制度规范，研究生实习实践制度健全，设置了较为完善的实习生奖惩机制和知识产权保护制度，满足了研究生开展专业实践的条件。在交流过程中，总经理赵爱平介绍了公司的核心板块，包括爱迩思出版社（ELSP）、AC学术平台以及诗远科研出版，业务覆盖期刊、会议及教材等多个领域，为校企合作提供了坚实的基础。副总经理吴明从基地情况、项目合作、代表成果、管理制度和保障条件五方面汇报了基地的建设工作。

图2 诗和远方总经理赵爱平

图3 诗和远方副总经理吴明汇报基地建设情况

中南大学督导陈立新教授对基地已取得的合作成果表示肯定，认为此举切实体现了“为国育才”的使命，为学校研究生培养质量的提升做出了贡献。他建议未来进一步扩充校企双导师队伍，并适度扩大培养研究生规模。同时，他特别指出，应更充分地展示企业对学生的补助情况、合作立项产生的共同成果、企业导师的具体指导过程以及学生反馈的合理化建议等内容，加强校企合作经验的总结与提炼，实现双方共赢。

图4 中南大学督导陈立新教授发言

中南大学督导聂庆璞教授对诗和远方公司在传统出版面临挑战的背景下依然取得良好发展表示肯定。他希望未来校企双方能建立更主动、更密切的交流互动机制，共同拓宽认知思路，积极探索研究生培养的新路径与新方法，谋求更深层次的发展。

图5 中南大学督导聂庆璞教授发言

中南大学人文学院党委副书记刘亚红代表院方，提出了“如何将人培养好”与“如何创造共赢”的核心议题。她期望通过基地建设，实现企业、学院、教师、学生四方共赢与高质量发展，共同打造具有中南大学人文学院特色的高水平人才培养基地。

图6 中南大学人文学院党委副书记刘亚红发言

基地负责人、中南大学人文学院传媒系主任朱承璋教授强调了基地在新文科人才培养理念革新上的重要作用。她指出，基地的成立有助于引导学生拓宽国际视野，深入了解融合出版、数字出版等区别于传统出版的新业态与新探索，作为传统实习实践工作的有益补充，实现研究生的差异化培养，提升人才培养质量。

图7 基地负责人朱承璋教授发言

在后续的自由交流环节，学生代表就实习岗位设置提问。赵爱平总经理回应称，公司可提供涵盖多个业务方向的实习岗位，包括AC学术平台的会议编辑、爱迩思出版社（ELSP）的期刊助理编辑等。

此次检查充分展示了中南大学-诗和远方研究生联合培养基地在促进产学研用紧密结合、培育符合时代需求的新闻与传播高水平人才方面的积极努力与显著成效，为深化校企合作、创新人才培养模式进行了有益探索。

来源：中南人文

链接：https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qBXXiks_CtnMVfzKtd3gBA

金秋十月，机器人与智能系统领域的年度盛会即将登场！2025 IEEE/RSJ 国际智能机器人与系统会议（IROS 2025）将于10月19日至25日在杭州国际博览中心盛大举办。本次会议将汇聚全球顶尖专家与学者，共同探讨智能机器人与系统领域的前沿趋势与未来方向。

作为专注于学术出版与科研服务的开放获取出版机构，爱迩思出版社（ELSP）始终致力于搭建国际化的学术交流与合作平台。本次我们亦将以参展方身份亮相盛会，为机器人与人工智能领域的创新研究注入学术动能。

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◆Robot Learning期刊简介

Robot Learning（《机器人学习》）期刊，ISSN: 2960-1436 (Print)，ISSN: 2960-1444 (Online) ，是一本由爱迩思出版社（ELSP）自主办刊的国际期刊。期刊主编由中国上海交通大学王贺升教授（国家杰青）和英国利物浦大学杨辰光教授（IEEE, IET, IMechE, AAIA & BCS Fellow）担任。期刊编委会汇聚了来自全球11个国家的31位本领域优秀专家，为期刊的建设与发展注入了无尽的学术活力和学术生命力，期刊定位影响因子为IF > 7。期刊涉及范围包括但不限于：

◆Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (AIAS)期刊简介

Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (AIAS)期刊拥有顶尖学者领衔的国际化编委团队。期刊由加拿大阿尔伯塔大学 Witold Pedrycz 教授（H-index 129）、清华大学 孙富春教授（H-index 67）担任主编、国防科技大学徐昕教授（H-index 48）担任执行主编、重庆科技大学王英旭教授（H-index 72） 担任荣誉主编。现有编委来自全球20个国家40余所知名机构的68位卓越科学家共同为期刊贡献他们的智慧和专业知识，平均H-index为39，代表性学者背景广泛，学术水平卓越。

期刊研究范围包括但不限于：

●人工智能的理论基础

●自主系统的理论基础

●自主人工智能

●类脑系统

●自主医疗设备和系统

●自动驾驶汽车

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●自主功能和行为生成

●交互智能系统

●自主决策

●自主机器学习理论

●计算机视觉

●自主机器人和控制

●语言和语义处理

●数据科学

●人工智能控制理论与优化

●网络化和分布式系统

●基于人工智能的计算机安全

●人工智能驱动的高性能计算

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◆AI & Materials

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◆Smart Construction

◆Mechatronics Technology

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Researchers have designed an intelligent household robot capable of autonomous navigation, object detection, and sorting. This robot, equipped with advanced technologies like depth cameras, YOLOv11 object recognition, and a flexible gripper, can perform various tasks, including retrieving objects and interactive entertainment. The study, published in Robot Learning, highlights the robot’s ability to navigate indoor spaces, recognize objects with high accuracy, and grasp items of different sizes and weights. This innovation could transform household robots into more efficient and interactive family assistants.

image: Design of a household robot with autonomous navigation for object detection and sorting.

Credit: Bingjie Xu/Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Vocational Technology, Qinglei Bu/Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

In the quest to make household robots more efficient and interactive, a team of researchers from Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Vocational Technology and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University has developed an intelligent robot that can autonomously navigate, detect, and sort objects. This breakthrough, published in the journal Robot Learning, brings us closer to having robots that can perform a variety of household tasks with ease.

"This robot is designed to be a comprehensive family assistant, capable of performing tasks that make daily life more convenient and enjoyable,"says Bingjie Xu, one of researchers on the project. "From picking up toys to fetching items, it can handle a wide range of objects with precision and care."

The robot integrates a movable chassis, robotic arm, lifting platform, and flexible gripper, allowing it to grasp objects of varying sizes and types. The key to its functionality is the YOLOv11 object recognition system, which, combined with a depth camera, enables the robot to detect target objects with high accuracy. The YOLOv11 algorithm significantly enhances the robot's ability to recognize and locate objects in real-time, this makes it highly effective for tasks like cleaning up or fetching items.

One of the most significant features of this robot is its autonomous navigation capability. Using 2D LiDAR and the Navigation2 framework in ROS2, the robot can generate a 2D radar map of its environment and navigate indoor spaces without human intervention. "The robot can move seamlessly through rooms, avoid obstacles, and reach designated locations on its own," says Yangzesheng Lu. "This feature is crucial for tasks like picking up toys scattered around the house or fetching items from different rooms."

The robot’s ability to interact with humans is another highlight. It uses a speech recognition system to understand and respond to voice commands, making it easier for family members to communicate with it. The speech recognition system allows the robot to understand and execute commands from family members. This makes it a more engaging and useful assistant.

In a series of experiments, the robot demonstrated its ability to grasp objects of different sizes and weights, including an orange, a bowl, a bottle, a bear, a book, an umbrella, a handbag, and a potted plant. The robot's flexible gripper and advanced vision system ensure that it can handle objects with precision and care, makes it highly adaptable to different household scenarios.

The researchers believe that this robot could be a game-changer in the field of household robotics. "We are excited about the potential applications of this robot in everyday life,"  says Dr. Bu. "Future work will focus on enhancing the robot's object detection accuracy and integrating large language models to improve its semantic understanding capabilities."  These advancements will further bridge the gap between humans and robots, fostering more seamless and intuitive interactions. "This robot represents a significant step towards creating more efficient and interactive family assistants,"says Dr. Sun. "We hope it will enhance daily life in modern households."  

This paper, titled “Design of a household robot with autonomous navigation for object detection and sorting,” was published in Robot Learning. Xu B, Lu Y, Wang J, Bu Q, Leach M, et al. Design of a household robot with autonomous navigation for object detection and sorting. Robot Learn. 2025(1):0005, https://doi.org/10.55092/rl20250005.

Source from [https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1093212].

Researchers have conducted an integrated geochronological and geochemical study of mafic rocks in the Wutai Complex, North China Craton, revealing key insights into the Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen. The ~2.54 Ga Nb-enriched gabbros originated from a depleted mantle wedge metasomatized by slab-derived melts, while the ~2.08 Ga amphibolites formed from partial melting of a spinel-garnet lherzolite source influenced by both slab-derived fluids and sediment melts. These results indicate a tectonic transition from Late Archean subduction to Paleoproterozoic lithospheric extension, providing compelling evidence that plate tectonics likely initiated at least partly during the latest Neoarchean. (Reference: Asim et al., 2025, Cont. Life Evol., https://doi.org/10.55092/cle20250001)

image: Schematic tectonic evolution model for the Wutai Complex during Late Archean (a) Subduction setting (~2543 Ma); shows subduction-related metasomatic agents which influenced the lithological and geochemical transitions in mafic gabbroic intrusion. (b) Back arc rift setting (~2087 Ma) during Paleoproterozoic.

Credit: Zubair Raja Asim/Northwest University, Jingyu Wang/Northwest University, Bin Wu/Northwest University, Caiyun Lan/Northwest University, and Xiaoping Long/Northwest University

The North China Craton (NCC) represents one of the oldest and most tectonically complex continental blocks, offering critical insights into the geodynamic transition from the Archean to the Proterozoic Eon. Among its key tectonic domains, the Wutai Complex situated within the Trans-North China Orogen (TNCO) preserves a well-exposed and temporally constrained record of Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic evolution. While numerous studies have focused on the felsic components of the complex, particularly tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite (TTG) suites and granitoids, the mafic lithologies have received comparatively limited attention. These mafic rocks, however, play a fundamental role in constraining mantle processes, crust-mantle interactions, and subduction-related geochemical signatures that are essential for reconstructing early plate tectonic regimes.

To address this, Dr. Zubair Raja Asim and colleagues conducted a comprehensive study combining U-Pb zircon geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry, and Sr-Nd isotope analysis of mafic rocks in the Wutai Complex. Their research aimed to constrain the tectonic setting and petrogenesis of these rocks to better understand the Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the NCC.

The team identified two major magmatic episodes. The first, ~2.54 Ga Nb-enriched gabbros, were derived from a depleted mantle wedge metasomatized by slab-derived melts. These rocks display arc-like geochemical features, including enriched large-ion lithophile elements (LILEs) and depleted high field strength elements (HFSEs), along with high εNd(t) values (+4.9 to +6.1), suggesting a subduction-modified mantle source. The second suite, ~2.08 Ga amphibolites, show signatures of back-arc basin magmatism, with geochemical evidence for partial melting of spinel-garnet lherzolite and metasomatism from slab-derived fluids and sediment melts. These amphibolites display lower εNd(t) values (+0.9 to +1.2) and geochemical traits typical of subduction-modified MORB sources.

This research uncovers a significant tectonic transition from subduction-related magmatism in the Neoarchean to extensional back-arc basin magmatism in the Paleoproterozoic within the Wutai Complex. The integration of petrological, geochemical, and isotopic data strongly supports the hypothesis that plate tectonics began to operate, at least partially, by the latest Neoarchean (~2.54 Ga). These findings challenge traditional views of stagnant-lid tectonics during this time and align the NCC's evolution with global geodynamic trends toward modern-style plate tectonics.

The study also proposes that the distinct Nb-enriched signatures in the gabbros are linked to mantle source metasomatism by siliceous slab melts, while the amphibolites' chemical features reflect a stronger influence of aqueous fluids, sediment melts, and crustal contamination, consistent with their emplacement in a back-arc extensional setting. The contrasting geochemical behaviors of these suites reinforce the multi-phase, subduction-influenced tectonic evolution of the TNCO.

Ultimately, this work contributes a crucial piece to the puzzle of early plate tectonics, showing that subduction, mantle metasomatism, and lithospheric extension coexisted during the Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic transition in North China.

This paper, “Geochronology and geochemistry of mafic rocks in the Wutai area, North China: constraints on the latest Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic tectonic setting of the Trans-North China Orogen and the onset of plate tectonics,” was published in Continent & Life and Evolution.

Asim ZR, Wang J, Wu B, Lan C, Long X. Geochronology and geochemistry of mafic rocks in the Wutai area, North China: constraints on the latest Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic tectonic setting of the Trans-North China Orogen and the onset of plate tectonics. Cont. Life Evol. 2025(1):0001, https://doi.org/10.55092/cle20250001.

Source from [https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1090905].