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.
(Back row, from right) Prof. Tim Woo, Director of the Center for Global & Community Engagement, and Associate Professor of Engineering Education; and Dr. Crystal Fok, Chairperson of Robocon 2020 Hong Kong Contest Organizing Committee, and Director of AIR Platform and Precision Engineering, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, together with the leaders (front row, from right) Yiu Cheuk-Tung and Lam Cheuk-Hei as well as members of the HKUST Robocon Team
The winning team: (from left) Mak Ka-Hei, Leung Pok-Man, Mak Kin-Wing, Lee Chun-Hei and Amrutavarsh Sanganabasappa Kinagi, with their autonomous biped robot in front
