Ning XI 教授,

香港大学 新兴技术研究所

题目

    信息时代的机器人与自动化

摘要

    近来信息技术的发展大大增强了机器人和自动化的规模。 例如，研究结果表明，用机器人技术有效地桥接CAD（计算机辅助设计）和CAM（计算机辅助制造）可以提高制造过程的自主性。 在本次报告中，将介绍应用于信息技术新发展的理论基础和应用案例，例如计算机视觉，人工智能和机器人制造自主性等。 应用案例包括汽车制造，电子设备组装，食品加工以及微纳米制造。 将讨论的技术问题包括工艺规划，设计和制造的集成，产品检验和质量控制。

简介

    Professor Ning Xi received D.Sc. degree in Systems Science and Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA in December 1993. Currently he is the Chair Professor of Robotics and Automation and the Director of Emerging Technologies Institute of the University of Hong Kong. Before joining the University of Hong Kong, he was a University Distinguished Professor, the John D. Ryder Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of Robotics and Automation Laboratory at Michigan State University in United States. He also served as the founding head of the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong (2011-2013). Dr. Xi received the Best Paper Award in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in August, 1995, and the Best Paper Award in the 1998 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation. Dr. Xi was awarded the first Early Academic Career Award by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in May, 1999. He also received The Best Paper Award of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering in 2007. Dr. Xi was awarded SPIE Nano Engineering Award in 2007. In addition, he is a recipient of US National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Dr. Xi is a fellow of IEEE. He also served as the President of IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2010-2011), a member of Administrative Committee of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2013-2015). He has been elected as the President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (2018-2019). His research interests include robotics, manufacturing automation, micro/nano manufacturing, nano sensors and devices, and intelligent control and systems.