[National Underwater Robot Competition will be held in Dalian] September 9, according to the "Dalian Release", on the morning of September 9, the Dalian Municipal Government Information Office held a press conference. At the meeting, it was introduced that under the guidance of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Dalian Municipal People's Government and Pengcheng Laboratory jointly sponsored the 2026 10th National Underwater Robot Competition will be held in Dalian from September 17 to 20. With the theme of "Building Ocean Dreams and Leading with Intelligence", this competition innovatively builds a "1+N" competition system. "1" is the main event, focusing on the core technology competition of underwater robots; "N" is a number of supporting activities, including the underwater robot and marine equipment exhibition, the "Liao Chuanghui" marine intelligent equipment special road show and achievement transformation matchmaking meeting, the Dalian trip of academicians and experts, the Dalian Youth Underwater Robot Collaborative Competition and other activities.