CUHK Engineering Team Won Champion in Robocon 2016 Hong Kong Contest

2016-06-29

The CUHK Engineering team “Power Shuttle” won the champion, the Best Team Spirits Award, and the Best Engineering Award in Robocon 2016 Hong Kong Contest which was held by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong Computing Society and the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers at the Hong Kong Science Park on 26 June 2016. The contest attracted 11 student teams from HKU, CUHK, HKUST, PolyU, CityU and HKIVE.  “There were two Engineering teams from CUHK this year, namely Power Shuttle and Wind Chaser.  Their dedication, hard work and team spirit led to the victory,” said Prof. Lau Tat Ming Darwin, one of the team supervisors from the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering.

The winning team with 14 Engineering students designed and built two robots to collaboratively complete the task of transporting a propeller to mount on a wind turbine in the contest.  They will represent Hong Kong to participate in the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2016 in Bangkok in August 2016.

The “Power Shuttle” team is supervised by Prof. Liu Yun Hui, Prof. Lau Tat Ming Darwin, Prof. Liao Wei Hsin, Prof. Chen Shih Chi, Mr. Yip Chun Wa, Mr. Cheuk Chi Ming, and Mr. Leung Yuk Yee Martin.

The team included the following students:
Cheng Ching Hei
Chiu Sin Hang
Chung Tsz Yin
Ho Chung Yan
Kwok Chung Yan
Lau Chi Ho
Lam Lee Shan
Lee Chun Kong
Lei Wing Yeung
Leung Chun Hei
Liu Ho Man
Poon Ka Kiu
Wong Tsz Hin
Yip Ka Chun