The sharing is a series of forums and dialogues organized to invite guest speakers of diverse backgrounds, such as entrepreneurs, industry partners, researchers or alumni, to share their insights on innovation-related topics and success stories. The format of the sharing is flexible, spanning from talks to one-on-one dialogue to panel discussion.
The HKU Robocon Team and BREED-HKU jointly offer student-initiated courses on robotics in semester 1 of the academic year 2021/22. The courses cover basic knowledge and skills on different aspects (software, electronics and mechanical) of robotics. Details of the course are as follows:
Date: Every Tuesday and Thursday, 5 weeks from October 7 to November 11, 2021
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Venue: Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing
Pre-requisite(s): No
Course size: 20
Who can join: Members of Innovation Wing
InnoHub members
Students of HKU Engineering
No. of learning hours: 20 (including lecture, hands-on workshop/project, assignment
The following topics will be covered:
- SolidWorks
- Necessary installations and setup of the development environment and tools
- Overview of the SolidWorks User interface and suggested settings and commands to be used
- Basic Part Modelling and Terminology
- Viewing, Extruding, Revolving and Patterns
- Sweep and Loft, Creating a Helix, Shell
- Understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing
- Introduction to 3D printing
- Have a first hand experience of using various 3d printers
- Fabricate a working design using 3d printer
- Use SolidWorks for design fabrication and Stress analysis
At the end of the course, students will be able :
- to explain the product design cycle.
- to demonstrate competency with simple drawing and modification commands in SolidWorks
- to create Three-Dimensional solid models
- to produce prototype using 3D printer from solid models
- to solve engineering problems as a member of a team
- to use IT in communication
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