中大亞太機械人大賽奪冠

本港隊伍再次在「亞太廣播聯盟機械人大賽」奪冠，中文大學工程學院的機械人團隊，早前出戰今屆綫上比賽，力壓世界各地的十三支大專院校強隊，繼一九年再度成功奪冠。工程學院院長黃定發指，今次團隊再度揚威國際大賽，印證香港工程教育已達到世界級水平。

Date: 
Monday, September 5, 2022
Media: 
Sing Tao Daily
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中大機械人 國際賽奪冠軍 線上對壘 擊敗12勁旅

香港大學生再於機械人大賽揚威海外，中文大學工程學院機械人團隊於國際機械人大賽中力壓來自世界各地的強隊，繼2019年後第二次為香港奪得金牌獎座。

Date: 
Monday, September 5, 2022
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On.CC
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亞太機械人大賽 中大再奪冠

中大工程學院機械人團隊於國際賽事「亞太廣播聯盟機械人大賽2022」線上比賽取得冠軍，繼2019年後再次為香港奪得金牌獎座。中大團隊稱，致勝關鍵是改良機械人設計。他們設計出一套能360度自轉的車輪系統，並提高機械人的自動化，讓它能根據團隊規劃的路線自動行走，大大提升機械人的操作能力及行走速度。

Date: 
Monday, September 5, 2022
Media: 
MingPao Daily
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亞太機械人賽 中大再代表港摘冠

香港中文大學（中大）工程學院機械人團隊於8月21日出戰「亞太廣播聯盟機械人大賽2022」綫上比賽，力壓來自世界各地的強隊，第二次為香港奪得金牌獎座，可見中大在機械人及創新教育達世界頂尖水平。
成功改良設計 致勝關鍵
Date: 
Monday, September 5, 2022
Media: 
HKET Daily
Media LInk: 
https://paper.hket.com/article/3345821

CUHK Robotics Team triumphs at ABU Robocon in second victory for Hong Kong

Date: 
2022-09-05
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The robotics team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Engineering received the Grand Prix Award at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union’s Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon), which was held online on 21 August. It was the second time CUHK took the award and is a testament to CUHK’s top-level robotics and innovation education.
 
The CUHK robotics team was selected to represent Hong Kong in the ABU Robocon after winning the championship at the Robocon 2022 Hong Kong Contest organised by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) in June this year. Since ABU Robocon’s inception in 2002, CUHK robotics team has advanced to five finals (2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022) of this international trophy, and in 2019 became the first Hong Kong team to win the championship. This year, ABU Robocon was held online in New Delhi, with 13 regional winning teams from universities, colleges and academies in 12 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region competing in the final.
 
Team leader and alumnus of CUHK’s Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Billy Yip Chun-wa has a wealth of experience, captaining the CUHK team at ABU Robocon for the fifth time this year. He was overjoyed by the team’s victory, for which he credits the team members’ tireless efforts. “Everyone in the team is so enthusiastic and passionate about robotic design and programming,” he said. “Repeated failures helped drive the team to go to great lengths. After evaluating the matches and learning from their mistakes, team members racked their brains to think of ground-breaking ideas. We worked day and night with each other to find out the best solution to our goal. The understanding and friendship are what we treasured most in the process.”
 
Enhanced design is key to winning
 
The theme of this year’s contest, Lagori, was inspired by a traditional game widely played in South India. Each team was required to design two robots to compete in two rounds. The referee gave each team the role of seeker or hitter. When CUHK played as seeker, the team threw balls to knock over a tower of Lagori discs (coloured sponge blocks) and then piled them back up in the original order within a limited time, getting points according to the number of discs knocked down and piled up. When its opponents played as seeker and CUHK as hitter, CUHK team fired balls to knock other balls off the top of plinths in four locations around the field to shorten the amount of time competitor had to pile up the discs.
 
The CUHK robotics team developed a brand new 360-degree rotation wheel system for the robots, and gave the robots the ability to automatically move along the planned routes, offering higher manoeuvrability and speed. It is the product of two years of independent research, refinement and repeated testing by current and former team members.
 
Video recording of the competition:
Finale: 【ABU ROBOCON 2022】(9:13:30 - 9:41:30)

CUHK robotics team triumphs at ABU Robocon in second victory for Hong Kong.

The CUHK robotics team developed a brand new 360-degree rotation wheel system for the robots, and gave the robots the ability to automatically move along the planned routes, offering higher manoeuvrability and speed.

 

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CUHK-incubated start-up wins international energy competition and establishes strategic partnership with Towngas

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2022-08-15
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Luquos Energy, a start-up incubated by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), won the Bronze Award in the TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition organised by the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC). Out of 208 projects from 23 countries and regions, Luquos Energy’s “Safe and Low-cost Flow Battery” won third place, receiving the Bronze Award and US$50,000. Luquos Energy has received strategic investment of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars from Towngas.
 
Luquos Energy is incubated by CUHK’s Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP). The company focuses on innovation in battery technology as well as providing safe, low-cost, environmentally friendly energy-storage systems. The team is led by CUHK Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Professor Lu Yi-chun.
 
In the competition, Luquos Energy presented an advanced battery technology for safe, low-cost, long-life-cycle energy-storage systems. The battery uses earth-abundant elements and aqueous electrolytes to store electricity, offering safety, significantly lower costs and a longer lifespan compared to the commonly used lithium-ion batteries. With the innovative ion-selective membrane invented by the team, the battery can potentially last for 15 years. Such technology can be used in renewable energy projects and electric vehicle solar charging stations, providing an uninterruptible power supply and various off-grid applications.
 
CUHK Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering’s professor and Luquos Energy’s Chairperson Professor Lu Yi-chun, pointed out that the demand for grid energy storage will increase simultaneously with the growth of renewable energy. Application of lithium-ion batteries in this field is limited by resources, cost, flaming risk and difficulty of recycling. Luquos Energy focuses on the core technology in flow batteries—the ion-exchange membrane—which is critical to economical, safe, eco-friendly energy-storage systems. The team will demonstrate the efficiency and reliability of the new battery technology, accelerate the commercialisation of the product, and contribute to the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality.
 
At the video ceremony, Towngas’s Chief Investment Officer Mr Chan Ying-lung said that the company is highly supportive of Luquos Energy. As one of the largest companies in Hong Kong, with 160 years of history, Towngas aims to continuously contribute to technological innovation in Hong Kong. In the near future, it plans to demonstrate a Luquos Energy prototype in one of its zero-carbon smart industrial parks, which will help to expedite the commercialisation and promotion of the new technology.
 

Mr Peter Wong, Towngas Managing Director (right) presents the Award to Prof. Lu Yi-chun, Chairperson of the Board of Luquos Energy.

Mr Alan Chan, Towngas Chief Investment Officer (right) and Prof. Lu Yi-chun, Chairperson of the Board of Luquos Energy, sign the investment contract.

 

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Physics Placement Test

Date: 19th August 2022 (Friday)
Time: 4:30 pm-5:30 pm (Hong Kong Time)
 
Purpose of the test 
 
New entrants admitted without HKDSE results (regardless of admission channel and programme of admission) are required to sit for the placement test. Based on the results of the placement test, students will be assigned to either PHYS1003 or PHYS1110.   
 
Test format
1. The time allowed is 60 minutes. 
2. This will be a closed-book online test.
3. Zoom link will be provided through email.
 
Important Notes
Students attending the placement test will be pre-assigned to PHYS1110F as an interim arrangement.
 
Instructions 
 
Requirements
A computer (with camera) and stable internet connection
Notes:
1. You can use a portable calculator during the test.
2. You can only use the computer to view the question paper during the test. All other applications of the computer are strictly forbidden.
 
Prior preparation
1. Students should prepare their own answer papers, A4 size without any background design (other than faint lines if ruled paper is used).
2. Please write full name and Student ID number (if known) at the top of the first page, ahead of time.
3. Sign in to ZOOM on your computer 15 minutes before the start of the placement test. 
4. The test paper will be distributed via ZOOM at 4:25pm.
 
ZOOM log-in identity
5. Your login name to ZOOM should be the same as your full name (e.g., John SMITH)
 
During the test
6. You should make reasonable effort to ensure that invigilators can see you during the entire test.
7. If you need to go to washroom, please seek permission on ZOOM.
8. You must stay until the end of the test as the invigilators will check your submitted answer script. 
 
Finishing the test
9. Invigilators will announce the end of the test. You must stop writing immediately when the announcement is made. 
10. Immediately use a document scanning app such as CamScanner or Genius Scan to scan ALL the answer pages. Then upload a single pdf file to a designated website (the link to the website will be sent to you after the test). You should complete this within 15 minutes. 
 
Announcement of placement test results and physics class assignment
Based on the results of the placement test, you will be assigned to a physics course. A notification email will be sent to your CUHK O365 email account by 31st August 2022.
 
Venue
ZOOM: Information will be provided by email
Date: 
Friday, August 19, 2022
Time
Friday, August 19, 2022 to 17:30
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