Congratulations to CUHK’s robotics team on winning the Grand Prix Award and Best Design Award at the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) 2024, held in Quảng Ninh, Vietnam! The team has won the Championship for Hong Kong and CUHK for the third time! The CUHK robotics team won the championship at the Contest in […]
The use of miniature robots is becoming more widespread, but developing highly efficient actuation systems that fit into them to enhance their mobility remains a substantial challenge for the industry. A research team in the MAE Department has drawn inspiration from the seed dispersal of the squirting cucumber to pioneer a technology that significantly boosts […]
Congratulations to the student team of Prof. Wei-Hsin Liao on winning the Champion of The Vice Chancellor’s Cup of Student Entrepreneurship (VCCE) 2024. Awardees: Mr. ZHOU Cong (Ph.D., MAE) Dr. CHAN Hugo Hung Tin (Ph.D. Alumnus, MAE) Dr. LIAO Hongpeng (Ph.D. Alumnus, MAE) Supervisor: Prof. Wei-Hsin Liao Project Title: Wearable Robot for Load Transportation Project […]
Two projects from the MAE Department have won Gold Medals at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva 2024. The exhibition is widely regarded as one of the most important annual global events dedicated solely to inventions. Flexible Exoskeleton for Load Transportation Principal Investigator and Team Members: Professor Liao Wei-Hsin, Dr. Chan Hugo Hungtin, Dr. […]
Professor Yi-Chun Lu has been awarded the Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award (HKEST Award) 2023 by the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences for her accomplishments and contributions in materials science, engineering and energy engineering, particularly sustainable battery technology. Professor Lu was honoured by the recognition and stated that she and her team […]
CUHK’s spin-off companies Cornerstone Robotics Limited (founded by Professor Samuel Au), and LaSense Technology Limited (co-founded by Professor Wei Ren) received the 2023 Deloitte Hong Kong Rising Star (HKRS) awards on 26 January 2024. HKRS recognises young companies in leading positions that have ample room for growth in their industry segments. Cornerstone Robotics Limited Cornerstone […]
MAE student teams received two awards at the National & Greater Bay Area Youth Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competitions – Hong Kong Regional Award Ceremony 2023 organised by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association. An Intelligent Robotic System for Neurosurgery Gold prize in the 9th China International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Under […]
A research team led by Professor Yi-Chun Lu has successfully developed a biomimetic molecular catalyst to enable a low-cost, energy-efficient, sulphur-based redox flow battery via homogeneous catalysis, successfully tackling the bottleneck of the poor kinetics of sulphur-based redox flow batteries. A report on the breakthrough was recently the cover story of world-leading scientific journal Nature Energy’s December […]
A student research team from MAE Department has won the International Sustainability Award in the James Dyson Award for their invention “E-COATING”. This marks the first time a team from the Greater China region has won this international award. E-COATING is a cooling coating embodies the principles of circular economy. It is made from recycled […]
