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3rd University Summer Youth Programme with (co-organized with UNESCO HK 香港聯合國教科文組織協會)

Building on the success of the previous years, ISE Department is going to organize the 3rd University Summer Youth Programme with UNESCO HK (香港聯合國教科文組織協會) in July 2019. Students can choose their preferred topic out of four projects according to their interest. 擴增實境程式設計(AR)和產品設計 Augmented Reality (AR) and Product Design Lego 機械程式設計(進階) Lego Programming (Advanced) 智能企業-物聯網(IoT)的應用 IoT Application for Smart Enterprise 人工智能應用初探 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications Training, interactive workshops, campus visit, company visit and activities for non-thematic learning will be arranged. For more details, please visit the event website at: http://ceet.unesco.org.hk/summercamp/summercamp2019/polyuprojects/           

ISE Research Student won the Outstanding Award in the “CA Paper Award Competition 2018/19 – Postgraduate level” co-organized by HKIE CAD and InstrMC Hong Kong Section

ISE Research Student Mr. Keung Kin Lok, Dicky won the Outstanding Award in the “CA Paper Award Competition 2018/19 – Postgraduate level” organized by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) – Control, Automation and Instrumentation Division (CAD) and co-organized by the Institute of Measurement and Control (InstrMC), Hong Kong Section. The paper awarded is titled as “A Centralised Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System with Digital Twin Architecture assisted in a real-world Robotic Warehouse” which is supervised by Dr. Carman Lee. This Competition aims to promote the Control, Automation & Instrumentation technologies and to encourage young or potential engineers and technologies. Due to world’s fast-paced, customer-driven e-commerce economy, customers’ demand management and natures of large assortments of small quantities in e-commerce industries become critical to the success of e-commerce business. This awarded paper aims at providing a proactive decision making on warehouse management via Digital Twin along with integrations of computational intelligence, robotics, wireless sensing technology and physical processes in a fulfilment system.

ISE Students won the second place in “Young Engineers Programme 2018/2019” by HKIE Manufacturing & Industrial Division

Students of BSc (Hons) in Enterprise Engineering with Management (EEM), Miss Ip Wing Yan, Mr. Kong Zi Git and Mr. Tsang Wai Cheong together with Mr. Tong Chi Fung and Miss Tsoi Sin Yu, who are students from BEng (Hons) in Industrial and Systems Engineering and BEng (Hons) in Product Engineering with Marketing formed a team to join “Young Engineering Programme 2018/2019” organized by Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Manufacturing & Industrial Division and won the second place award for a group project title of “Warehouse Management – Centralized Warehouse Management System” which is supervised by Dr. Carman Lee. This programme aims to give Manufacturing-and-Industrial (MI) related students an opportunity to apply MI knowledge and techniques and advanced technologies such as Internet of Things (IoTs), robots, mobile applications, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics for developing feasible and practical solutions for various MI problems. This year’s project area is related to “Cyber-physical Systems” in industrial applications. Our ISE students proposed a project titled “Warehouse Management – Centralized Warehouse Management System” which focus on optimizing the warehouse operation of the ASM Long Gang Factory. The system aims to provide automated just-in-time logistics which linked up autonomous mobile robot and operators with AR glasses through the Internet and real-time routing solutions will be generated automatically.

ISE innovations honoured internationally at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (ISE科研揚威日內瓦國際發明展)

Silver Medal and 2 Special Merit Award 銀獎及兩項優異獎   Curvature-adaptive Multi-jet Freeform Polishing System for Precision Manufacturing 用於精密製造的曲率自適應多射流不規則曲面拋光系統 By Ir Professor Benny CHEUNG Chi-fai, 張志輝教授 Principal Investigator: Ir Professor Benny CHEUNG Chi-fai (3rd from left) 發明者：張志輝教授（左三）   Silver Medal 銀獎   An Industrial IoT-based Smart Robotic Logistics Management System 基於工業物聯網技術的智能機器化倉庫管理系統 By Dr Carman LEE Ka-man 李嘉敏博士   Video 影片(只具英文版)：https://youtu.be/1-o6tBhEHOU Principal Investigator: Dr Carman LEE Ka-man (left) 發明者：工業及系統工程學系李嘉敏博士（左）   Mobile robot controlled by advanced intelligent robotic algorithms 由先進智能機械人演算法控制的機械人   The 47th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, held from 10 to 14 April, has attracted over 800 exhibitors from more than 40 countries/regions. It was organized under the patronage of the Swiss Federal Government, the State and the City of Geneva as well as the World Intellectual Property Organization. 「第四十七屆國際發明展」4月10日至14日在瑞士日內瓦舉行，吸引來自超過40個國家/地區的逾800個參展單位參與。發明展獲瑞士聯邦政府、日內瓦市政府和世界知識產權組織贊助。 (Source: PolyU Website)  

ISE team have developed a smart warehousing system to meet the needs of Industry 4.0

Source: PolyU Website (https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/milestones/en/201903/knowledge_sharing/smart_warehousing_system_meets_the_needs_of_indust/index.html) ISE team have developed a smart robotic warehouse management system that revolutionises logistics operations by providing fully automated, unmanned and round-the-clock services.   Online shopping is ubiquitous in today’s digital age, and the rapid growth of e-commerce has fuelled a massive demand for third-party logistics services. Yet traditional logistics providers, with their low-technology and labour-intensive warehouses, are also lagging behind, due to labour shortage caused by ageing population.     The compact and flexible Autonomous Mobile Robot, utilising QR Code navigation technologies, has a maximum loading of 500 kg. It can easily move the entire storage rack, facilitating fast picking and replenishment.   To cope with this challenge, a team from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering led by Dr Carman Lee Ka-man collaborated with an industrial partner, RV Automation Technology Company Limited, to jointly develop a smart robotic warehouse management system that transforms traditional warehouses into contemporary, high-technology and unmanned logistics fulfilment centres. Developed under the funding support of the Innovation and Technology Commission, this revolutionary system combines the most advanced Industry 4.0 technologies – the Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Cloud Computing – to improve the scalability, speed and efficiency of various stages of logistics operations, including warehouse management solutions, storage lockers and express services, etc. The system’s success is a shift from person-to-goods to goods-to-person in logistics operations. Workers no longer need to search for specific items to fulfil orders, as AMRs simply deliver the required goods in storage racks for fast picking and replenishment. Thanks to cutting-edge swarm robotics and optimisation algorithms, these AMRs also collaborate efficiently to fulfill a range of activities, including re-slotting, multi-deep storage and batch picking, etc.   Dr Carmen Lee (front middle) and her team   The practical value of this research project has already been demonstrated in the recently opened RobEx Centre, Hong Kong’s first fully automated and unmanned smart warehouse facility in Hong Kong Science Park. The smart robotics warehouse management system has been complimented for operating round-the-clock, maximising operational efficiency and reducing the need for physically demanding human labour. In addition, big data analysis helps to scale warehouse services to meet demand in peak hours and reduce human errors in parcel storage and delivery. In December 2018, this project won the Gold Award and Outstanding Automation Award at the Asia International Innovative Invention Awards. The system is expected not only to enhance the development of the logistics industry – a key pillar of Hong Kong’s economy, but also to help create a safer working environment for the industry.  

ISE student won the Recognition of Excellence in 2019 HUAWEI CLOUD AI Developer Contest

Competing with more than 60 teams, Mr. Lo Cheung Yu (Alex) who is studying in Enterprise Engineering with Management won the award of Recognition of Excellence in 2019 HUAWEI CLOUD AI Developer Contest. This Contest is co-organized with the Hong Kong Society of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (HKSAIR) and Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP). It is the first such program launched in Hong Kong for university students to improve their skills in applying AI and realize their ideas through development. In this contest, Mr. Lo utilizes HUAWEI CLOUD EI ModelArts, which was recently ranked number one in the world for its training time of image recognition, to develop small-sample learning models, train, and to be able to identify a large number of various foods and cuisine images. This contest provides a demonstration to ISE students on how AI applies to real-life scenarios when dealing with large amounts of data.

ISE student won 1st runner up in Hackathon 2018 organized by Classified Post in association with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks

Classified Post Hackathon 2018 is a 24 hours challenge took place in November last year at Hong Kong Science Park (HKSTP) data studio. It invited students and fresh graduates to come up with winning, innovative ideas, and create apps and technological tools by using data analytics and latest technology so as to solve real-world business problems within a hectic 24-hours. After that, the students had to show the judges their creativity and feasibility in a 3-minute presentation. Only 10 shortlisted teams were able to enter the final round presentation and explain their digital solutions in details. Mr. Lo Cheung Yu (Alex) who is studying BSc in Enterprise Engineering with Management and his team participated and won the 1st runner up in this Hackathon 2018. It was impressed that ISE student showed his strong understanding and provided a concrete solution with outstanding technical skills, data visualization techniques as well as the presentation skills to win the judges’ hearts. It was a valuable opportunity for ISE students to harness knowledge learnt in lessons and develop some practical solutions for real world.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec posuere lorem. Suspendisse congue eget mauris sed vehicula. Morbi sed urna urna. Pellentesque mollis hendrerit nisl, non posuere velit varius et. Morbi laoreet pellentesque lacus, eu condimentum velit aliquet eu. Nunc faucibus arcu porta eros placerat, id maximus ante varius. Cras quam odio, gravida sed velit sed, scelerisque porta urna. Curabitur feugiat, risus eget ultrices posuere, odio metus maximus turpis, vitae ultrices urna urna et orci. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Pellentesque venenatis vel est non bibendum. Quisque hendrerit velit a felis rutrum posuere.

ISE won the 2018 HK Awards for Industries - Equipment and Machinery Design Certification of Merit

The State Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Machining Technology, ISE Department, PolyU has won the “2018 HK Awards for Industries - Equipment and Machinery Design Certification of Merit”. The Award is supported by the Government and was launched in 2005. It aims to recognize the outstanding performance and achievements of Hong Kong enterprises in enhancing their competitiveness in various aspects.   Project: A Novel Molding and Embossing Machine for Precision Optical glass Microstructures and Micro-optics   Designers: Prof. WB Lee, Dr Lihua Li, Mr KL Chan, Mr MC Ng  

PolyU provides multi-disciplinary support to the nation’s historic landing on the far side of the Moon 理大動員跨學科專家支持國家歷史性登陸月背任務

PolyU teams support the world’s first landing on the far side of the Moon! Involved in the nation’s space exploration programmes for years, the University adopts a cross-disciplinary approach, and integrates its pool of expertise and resources to develop sophisticated solutions with impact. Adopted by the Chang’e-4 mission was PolyU’s advanced technologies, including the Camera Pointing System designed and developed by Prof. KL Yung of Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and his research team. More details can be found at: https://polyu.hk/NZlXo 理大科研團隊參與世界首次登月背的創舉！理大的專家團隊多年來一直致力支持國家的太空探索工程，結合不同學科的人才和資源，研製出具影響力的精密方案。今次「嫦娥四號」月球探測項目採用理大的先進技術，當中包括工業及系統工程學系副系主任容啟亮教授及其團隊設計和製造的「相機指向系統」。更多詳細資料：https://polyu.hk/NZlXo

Celebrating success: ISE won the ‘Gold Award’ and ‘Outstanding Automation Award’ in The 8th Hong Kong Innovation Technology Achievement Awards Ceremony 2018

Hong Kong Federation of Innovation Technologies and Manufacturing Industries (FITMI) organized The 8th Hong Kong Innovation Technology Achievement Awards Ceremony 2018 to reward outstanding industrial practitioners and encourage innovative technology development. It is delighted to announce that The Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory (former RFID/IoT Solutions Laboratory) led by Dr. Carman Lee won the ‘Gold Award’ and ‘Outstanding Automation Award’ of the Asia International Innovative Award 2018 in this ceremony, with the project titled ‘An Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) based Smart Robotic Warehouse Management System for Industry 4.0’. Hard work is always rewarded. Dr. Lee and her team will continue exploring innovative technology and contribute to the industry in the future. For more details, please visit the CPS Laboratory’s website, https://www.cps.ise.polyu.edu.hk/