The HKUST Robotics Team took home eight medals in their first participation in the RoboGames, an annual robot contest in California, US that draws contestants from all over the world. This is the first time for the team members to join an international competition face-to-face after the pandemic.
(From left) Prof. Bertram Shi, Acting Dean of Engineering, HKUST; Dr. Rocky Cheng, Chief Information Officer, BOCHK; Prof. Tim Woo, Director of Center for Global & Community Engagement, School of Engineering, HKUST; and Ms. Angel Yip, Deputy General Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility Office, BOCHK; attended the award presentation ceremony of The First Robot Explorer Cup at HKUST.
(From left) Prof. Charles Ng Wang-Wai, Vice-President for Graduate Support of HKUST(GZ) and CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability of HKUST; Prof. Tim Cheng, Vice-President for Research and Development of HKUST; and Mr. Mohamed Butt, Executive Director of HKPC, sign the agreement to establish HKUST-HKPC Joint Research Lab for Industrial AI and Robotics.
The HKUST ROV Team won their 10th championship in the Hong Kong Regional of the MATE International ROV Competition that they joined since 2011. They would like to express their greatest appreciation to IET Hong Kong, MATE, and judges for hosting the competition in a difficult time and those who supported them in manufacturing and testing their ROV.
(From left) Prof. Albert Ip, HKUST Council member cum Independent Non-executive Director of New World Development Company Ltd.; Prof. Wei Shyy, HKUST President; Mr. Andrew Liao Cheung-Sing, HKUST Council Chairman; Dr. Adrian Cheng, Chief Executive Officer of New World Development Company Ltd., Executive Director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. as well as Vice Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of CTF Education Group, and Mrs. Jennifer Yu Cheng, Deputy Vice Chairwoman and Group President of CTF Education Group, unveiled the commemorative plaque of the “Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute”.
Prof. Zhang Limin (left) and Prof. Liu Ming (right) received a First Class Award in Natural Science and a Second Class Award in Technology Invention respectively.
