The Science and Technology Southern Science Park Bureau actively built a service platform for innovation and entrepreneurship in southern Taiwan and has been promoting a one-stop service mechanism from creative production to innovation and entrepreneurship. This year, The Bureau commissioned Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology to hold the 2017 Intelligent Networking Robot Contest of Innovative Design and Application. The finals were held in the Maker Space located in the science park. A total of 62 teams came from 22 colleges and universities nationwide to compete for the final prizes. After the preliminary round, 20 teams were allowed to compete for the grand prizes and NT$ 430,000. The contest was organized to enhance the capability for innovation of Taiwan's robot industry in the future and to increase the heat and energy for the basement of innovative smart robots promoted by the science park.
【The magic ball launching ceremony of the 2017 Intelligent Networking Robot Contest of Innovative Design and Application, jointly hosted by Jun-Bo Wang, Secretary in Chief of Economic Development Bureau of Tainan City Government; Wei-Cheng Lin, Director of the Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Hong-De Chang, Vice President of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology; Hsin-Yao Cheng, General Manager of All Ring Tech Co., LTD (From left to right)】
The competition was mainly based on the design and application of intelligent robots. In combination with the related technologies of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things, participating teams need to work together with teams in different fields to design intelligent robots that were both stable and dexterous. They also had to think about application scenarios and business model, in order to win the fierce competition. The event was open for registration from June to September this year. A total of 62 teams nationwide signed up for the competition. The 20 teams that entered the final had to go through Design Thinking, intensive entrepreneurship training, Pitch Day and Demo Show. During the two days of final events on the 4th and 5th of November, top three teams and the best three works were selected by experts from academic and industrial spheres. The top two outstanding team were allowed to be stationed in the South Branch Venture Workshop and take the follow-up counseling. PARS team—composed of students from the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology—won the championship with a prize money of $NT 180,000. It is hoped that the competition would increase the opportunities for the cooperation between different industries and academia, provide innovative elements to the basement of robotics production, and bring new vitality into the intelligent machinery industry in the science park.
【PARS team—composed of students from the Department of Electronic Engineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology—won the championship with a prize money of $NT 180,000.】
Wei-Cheng Lin, Director of the Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that AI will develop into an application of all levels in the future and that all the works by the participating teams were quite exciting. He was especially grateful to All Ring Tech Co., LTD. and Uniring Tech Co., LTD for their support of this contest. The event was very exciting; unfortunately, owing to the activities in the Bureau those days, he could not fully participate in this competition. It was a pity that this wonderful exhibition was displayed only on the last day; more people should be aware of the students' creativity. On the 3th of November, the Ministry conducted the Maker Meet future forum in Huashan, Taipei. It invited Techshop Global CEO and Paul Duggan to work together. On the 4th, the Ministry also held the 12th Parent-Child Challenge Camp of solar model cars. The development of AI robots has indeed taken root here, and the Ministry will continue to promote the trend of DIY AI robots.
【The Demo Show】
As Jun-Bo Wang, Secretary in Chief of Economic Development Bureau of Tainan City Government, pointed out, the development and application of robots have gradually expanded from factories to services, such as at airports and banks. This contest, in combination with the future market business model, will be applied to more practice in life. Like Southern Taiwan Science Park, Tainan City Government also supports innovation and entrepreneurship. Tainan set 2014 as the first year of industrial creativity and promoted many innovative and entrepreneurial projects. There are many new foundations in Tainan, and many universities also have their own basement. In addition, Tainan City Government will fully assist the development of entrepreneurship, providing many entrepreneurial resources, such as promoting SBIR, SME service groups, the.
【Winners of the 2017 Intelligent Networking Robot Contest of Innovative Design and Application.】
Vice President Hong-De Chang of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology said that robotics is the key industry for future development. He was happy to see that this competition showing good product standards and that TSMC had recently stationed in Southern Taiwan Science Park. The news shows that Southern Taiwan Science Park is a good place for future employment, innovation, and entrepreneurship for our students.
【All the participants in the final of the 2017 Intelligent Networking Robot Contest of Innovative Design and Application.】
Director Jue-Yao Huang of the Industrial Accelerator Center of National Chiao Tung University, who was the chief judge of the competition, said that the contest was based on thinking and solving the problem, which was also the key point of selection. In addition, the ability to express and discuss was also the key elements for participating students in the Demo Show. This time there were great works and performances in the logistics, medical and agricultural sectors. Those works that did not win were also quite impressive with their ideas and performances.
Through this competition, it is hoped to cultivate the new force of artificial intelligence in the future. The organizer looks forward to continuing the guidance for the teams through innovation and entrepreneurship service platform of Southern Taiwan Science Park and its basement of innovative self-made of smart robots in the future, so the creative trend of innovation and entrepreneurship will continue to grow.