Students win Gold Award with innovative garbage-collecting robot design

A team of mechanical engineering students won the Gold Award at the ASM Technology Award 2019 with their innovative garbage-collecting robot design. The robot is semi-automated with a unique gripper design for garbage collection with the aid of vision-based alignment. It was developed with design inspiration from studying real-life tools such as robotic arms, forklift, and dump cart. The project demonstrates the potential of transforming the robot for use in real life.

The ASM Technology Award has been organized since 2015 to recognize excellence in technology, showcasing outstanding final year projects of undergraduates from top faculties and schools of engineering in Hong Kong. This was the fifth time that PolyU participated in the competition and the second time that a PolyU team won the championship.

More details about the design and award can be read from PolyU’s Media Release.