1

Crack Detection on concrete covered slope

Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR

This project aims to develop a user interface assisted by an AI model to ease the data collection process for detecting cracks on artificial slopes.

2

Autonomous Drone for flight within vegetated environment

Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR and Tsinghua University

This project aims to leverage state-of-the-art technologies to develop an agile robotic system capable of traversing complex environments for effective slope maintenance.

3

Smart Analysis System for Seawall and Breakwater

Survey Division, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR

This project aims to develop an AI-powered analysis system to denoise the underwater scans of coastal structures and localize defects in these critical structures.

4

Robot for installing insulation on overhead cable

CLP Power Hong Kong

This project aims to develop an advanced automated insulation installing robotic system that can perform maintenance tasks without suspending power supply, thereby ensuring continuous service and minimizing inconvenience for residents.

5

Big infrastructure 3D model reconstruction with 3DGS

MTR Corporation

This project aims to develop a user interface to facilitate maintenance in MTR stations with new features, such as allowing operators to walk freely in the digital twins and query maintenance records.

6

AI Chatbot – Maintenance Assistant

MTR Corporation

The project seeks to develop an internally hosted chatbot that answers MTR maintenance questions while ensuring data security by processing all information on-premises.

7

CLIO: Robot tour guide for Inno Wing

Tsinghua University

This project aims to develop an interactive tour guide robot to introduce Inno Wing for visitors

8

AI Historian Assistant (AIHA)

HKU University Museum and Art Gallery, University of British Columbia

This project seeks to develop an AI-powered voice guide designed to assist historians and general users in streamlining the retrieval and connection of scattered, multimodal historical sources they provide.

9

AI Historian Assistant (AIHA)

HKU Library

In collaboration with the HKU Library, this project aims to build a chatbot that leverages library resources to introduce history and enable users to explore the library’s digital collection.

10

Social worker interactive training chatbot (SWITCH)

HKU Department of Social Work and Social Administration

This initiative develops a chatbot capable of role-playing social service users from diverse backgrounds to facilitate the training of social workers.

11

AI Moot Court

HKU Faculty of Law

This project aims to develop a multi-agent system that simulates the counter party and the presiding judge in the moot court to assist in legal teaching and learning.

12

Archaeology

HKU Faculty of Arts

This project aims to develop a user interface to speed up building the digital Armenia shred database.

13

Scalable, Privacy-aware Thermal based crowd visualisation system

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This project focuses on developing an Internet of Things (IoT) system for crowd monitoring that prioritizes user privacy.

14

Legged Robot

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This project aims to develop in-house capabilities to control legged robots or humanoid to perform complex movements.