Congratulations to Professor CHEN Shih-Chi, Professor LAU Tat Ming Darwin and Professor Yeung YAM for winning one Gold Medal and two Silver Medals at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva 2022!
Gold Medal: Ultrafast Oscillating Blade Microtome
Principal Investigator: Professor CHEN Shih-Chi
Project Description:
The new oscillating blade microtome enables the precise sectioning of various ultrasoft tissues, fresh tissues and fixed whole organs that are hard to process before. Sectioning of soft tissues is achieved by exploiting the viscoelastic effect, i.e., the tissue self-stiffens at high frequency. By exploiting the concept of active vibration control, the controller actively generates the dynamic force and torque for cancellation based on the sensing of microtome motion and unbalanced force. The ultrafast oscillating blade microtome has the highest oscillation frequency to 350 Hz, which ensures the best cutting performance.
Prototype of the ultrafast oscillating blade microtome including custom-made vibration controller module, driver & power module and automatic feeding system.
New generation ultrafast oscillating blade microtome integrated with LiMo microscope for high-throughput 3D tissue imaging: (Left) Setup of 3D tissue imaging platform; (Right) image of the human mesenchymal stem cell actin in hydrogel (20 µm thickness per section).
Silver Medal: Cable-driven Inspection Robot for High-rise Building Façade
Principal Investigator: Professor LAU Tat Ming Darwin
Project Description:
This is a mobile cable robot system with four components to perform contact-based façade inspections. It simplifies the current workflow, eliminating the need for working at height and providing a quantitative, digital diagnosis.
Mobile façade inspection robot to perform physical hammer tapping to check for potential concrete spalling.
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Silver Medal: CU-Brick Robotic Brick Construction Robot
Principal Investigators: Professor LAU Tat Ming Darwin, Professor Yeung YAM and Professor Adam FINGRUT (School of Architecture)
Project Description:
The CU-Brick is an automated robotic system with four primary components that constructs brick structures: a cable-driven parallel robot, an automated brick delivery system, a human-robot collaborated mortar application and a computational design framework. CU-Brick allows large-scale brick structures of complex geometry to be constructed due to its high levels of accuracy, efficiency and automation.
CU-Brick automated brick construction robot actuated by a cable-driven parallel robot.
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The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is the largest global exhibition devoted exclusively to inventions. All the exhibited inventions have been evaluated by an international jury of specialists. This year, the virtual event showcased nearly 800 inventions from 25 countries and regions.
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