Robotics Technologies for Smart Logistics and Enterprise

Seminar: Robotics Technologies for Smart Logistics and Enterprise

This is an online technical seminar organized by Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section (MIES) of the IET Hong Kong.

With rapid growth of e-commerce, inventory turnover management is critical to successful business maintenance and customer satisfaction in supply chain management, but traditional inventory auditing is time-consuming, labor-intensive and error-prone. According to IBM statistics, global retailers lose approximately USS634.1 billion annually because of out-of-stock items, empty shelves, and related inconsistencies. Technological advancement, digital transformation, and computational intelligence foster industrial growth in human-computer interactions and influence workplace with regard to safety, performance, and quality.

To overcome labor shortages, reduce human errors and deliver reliable customer service, robotics technologies are proposed. It is expected that the development of advanced logistics industry using robotics will be the driving force of the upgrading and transformation of logistics industry to smart production in Hong Kong This seminar has invited experts to share their professional knowledge in smart logistics applications with the use of Al technologies. Real application cases will also be introduced to the audience.