RAIDS Student Team won Gold Award in The 8th China International College Students’ ”Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. RAIDS學生團隊獲得第八屆中國國際大學生“互聯網+”創新創業大賽

China International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition has been held for seven seasons since 2015.  Participation was by 25.33 million college students in 6.03 million teams from 121 countries and regions in five continents, and the competition has become the largest global event for innovation and entrepreneurship.  It invites excellent young people engaged in innovation and entrepreneurship all over the world to participate in this event where entrants can work to realize the dream of innovation and entrepreneurship, and to create a better future for the world.

The final round competition of the 8th China International College Students’ “Internet+” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was held on on November 26, 2022 at Chongqing University. The competition was officially launched in April this year. More than 14.5 million participants from 111 different countries registered, and up to 3.4 million projects were received then. It really served as an international communication platform to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide. In Hong Kong, the number of participants who attended this competition this year reached 798, together with 266 projects. Since being successfully held in 2015, the award ceremony has became a fantastic event for the information and communication industry in Hong Kong. At this year’s ceremony, Dr. Kai Xu, Vice Minister of Education and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, sincerely congratulated the awardees for their outstanding achievements and contributions to innovation and technology development for Hong Kong.  Professor Dong Sun, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology, and Industry, delivered a speech at the event, presented trophies to the grand prize winners under three categories, and celebrated their outstanding performance.

After the final round of competition in the Hong Kong region held in Hong Kong Science Park on November 11, the RAIDS student team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Shufei Li/Chin-Lok Tsang/Junming Fan/Yat-Ming Pang/ Hin-Chi Kwok/ Chengxi Li/ Mengyang Ren) won one of the only 4 Gold Awards among 266 participated teams. They were chosen as representative teams from the Hong Kong region to present their work on the “Mutual Cognitive Human-Robot Collaboration System”and exchange ideas with other worldwide winners. The student team mentor, Ir Dr Pai Zheng believes that this work is in line with the Hong Kong Government's Re-industrialization policy and can effectively improve industrial productivity towards a human-centric smart manufacturing paradigm, by leveraging the cutting-edge robotics, digital and AI technologies. In detail, the work advances the intelligence of existing industrial collaborative robots to seamlessly work with human operators in a symbiotic manner, which effectively alleviates the high cost of land and labor in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, it provides a feasible solution for Hong Kong, which once again promotes the ambitious goal of "Made in Hong Kong" and internationalization. The team captain Shufei Li said he could not hide his excitement when he learned they won the gold award, which is an irreplaceable encouragement for their efforts. Chin-Lok Tsang, a vital team member, expressed his feeling and hope in the winner's speech, which encouraged young people in Hong Kong to show their enthusiasm for cutting-edge technologies and contribute their domain knowledge for the better development of Hong Kong.

中國國際大學生“互聯網+”創新創業大賽自2015年以來已經舉辦了七屆。來自五大洲121個國家和地區的603萬支隊伍，2533萬名大學生參加了大賽，成為全球最大的創新創業盛會。大賽誠邀世界各地從事創新創業的優秀青年參加本次活動，為實現創新創業夢想而努力，為世界創造更美好的未來。

2022年中國“互聯網+”大學生創新創業大賽總決賽于二零二二年十一月二十六日在重慶大學舉行。本屆大賽於4月份正式啟動，報名參賽人數1450萬餘人，參賽項目340萬餘個，覆蓋參賽國家和地區111個，真正打造了共建共享、融通中外的國際創新創業盛會，開啟創新創業教育改革新征程。香港地區的報名參賽人數更是多達798人，項目266項。自2015年首辦以來，獎項一直是本港資訊及通訊業界的年度旗艦盛事，給予得獎者肯定和鼓勵。典禮上，中聯辦教育科技部副部長許凱博士衷心祝賀得獎者在創新科技上取得的傑出成就和感謝得獎者對資訊及通訊界別的貢獻。創新科技及工業局局長孫東教授JP為三個獎項類別的大獎得主頒發，嘉許他們的傑出表現。

經過11月11日於香港科學園舉行之香港選拔賽，香港理工大學RAIDS學生團隊（李樹飛／曾展樂/範峻銘/彭一鳴/郭軒慈/李成熙/任夢陽）在甄選出的24項獲獎團隊中榮獲金獎，組成香港代表隊，與來自海內外各地之高校精英切磋交流。該創業團隊基於工業及系統工程學系鄭湃博士的指導下完成了”基於人機互認知的機械人協作製造系統”。鄭湃博士認為該項目貼合特區政府的“再工業化“政策，並通過面向未來人本智造的生產模式，有效提高企業的生產力。系統有效緩解香港在實現再工業化所面對的土地及人力成本高昂問題，為香港再次把「香港製造」推向國際化的遠大目標提供可行性。團隊成員李樹飛表示在得知項目獲得金獎時深感鼓舞，給予團隊巨大的肯定和鼓勵。最後，團隊成員曾展樂在優勝者致辭時寄語希望團隊成功獲獎可激起青少年和中小學生對創科發展的熱情，成為香港下一代創科「新力軍」，為香港創科作出貢獻。