The 2022 Future Technology Award recently held an awards ceremony. STUST’s "3D Printing Prosthetic Arm Using Eye Tracking and Artificial Intelligence Visual Recognition" stood out among 81 technological works across the country, winning the only medal for the national private university of science and technology, which is one of the specific performances of STUST's implementation of the Ministry of Education's grant on "University of Science and Technology Cultivation Plan for the R&D of Professional Technology ." The "Future Science and Technology Award," with the support of the National Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and other four ministries and associations, called on all sectors of industry, academia and research across the country to actively participate in submissions. A total of nearly 600 applications were registered, and 81 award-winning technologies were finally selected. National Institutes of Health, Taiwan-Chengdu-Chengdu Jiaotong, and other top universities account ed for more than half of them. Only 4 universities of science and technology won awards. STUST was the only private science and technology university that won an award.

【President Deng-mao Lu (2nd from right), who hosted STUST’s 2022 Future Technology Award program; Prof. Ming-shian Wang, Deputy Dean of the College of Engineering (2nd from left), Prof. Ming-zhe Chen from the R&D team (1st from left) ), and Prof. Jin-bo Shi (1st from right)】

The award-winning work of STUST is the first to use AI deep learning object detection technology to infer the type of objects in the first-person perspective screen by President Deng-mao Lu, the general host of the project, and Prof. Wan-rong Chang, the host of the project. Then, it controls the AI prosthetic arm and converts the corresponding gesture, assisting the user with the amputated upper limb to complete the arm function with appropriate hand movements. In the future, STUST plans to apply this technology to the high-end smart medical fields, such as smart medical materials and technological aids, both of which are to be brought in line with the industry.

【STUST's work "3D Printing Prosthetic Arm Using Eye Tracking and Artificial Intelligence Visual Recognition" won the "2022 Future Technology Award": (From left to right) STUST students Jia-shiang Cheng, Bai-yan Huang, Prof. Ming-zhe Chen, Deputy Dean Ming-shian Wang of the College of Engineering , Chairman Cheng-chong Wu of the National Academy of Sciences, Prof. Wan-rong Chang, Prof. Kun Ouyang, and Wan-ting Chu. 】

Since the 107th academic year, President Deng-mao Lu of STUST has planned the "University of Science and Technology Talent Cultivation Program for the R&D of Professional Technology ," in combination with the Chi Mei Medical Center to establish the "High-level Smart Biomedical Joint Research Center," which was awarded by the Ministry of Education a five-year plan of 93 million NTD. In recent years, the amount of research and development has been gradually fermented. In the field of high-level biomedical research and development and talent cultivation, there are a total of 132 industry-academia projects (about 92.64 million NTD) and 44 technology transfer cases (about 18.63 million NTD). STUST obtained 40 patents and published 118 SCI journal papers, more than 150 domestic and foreign seminar papers, 25 research projects for college students of the National Science Association. It also established the "Health Care and Artificial Intelligence Technology Research Center" and "5G +XR Metaverse Application Technology R&D Center," cultivating about 78 high-level technical manpower and winning a total of 146 national/international competitions. "SmartGuide" won the championship of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 2019 Early Access Competition, while "AI Armature" entrepreneurial product won the 2021 National Science and Technology Association Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incentive Program Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, with a 2 million NTD worth entrepreneurial bonus.

【STUST's work "3D Printing Prosthetic Arm Using Eye Tracking and Artificial Intelligence Visual Recognition"was exhibited at the 2022 Future Technology Expo. 】

Deng-mao Lu, President of STUST and general host of the master plan, said that STUST has been recognized by all walks of life over the past four years. In the future, based on this research and development achievement, STUST will focus on the commercialization of research and development results, which will be used in Taiwan Hospital, Tai'an Hospital, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Kaohsiung Minsheng Hospital, Chengda Hospital, Annan Hospital Affiliated Nursing Home, Mennonite Tainan Elderly Yoho Park, and other major medical and nursing institutions in the Central, North, and South parts of Taiwan. It is expected that through solid practical experience and industry-university linkage, STUST can provide talents that the industry needs. In the future, STUST can also give back to the campus with all its the industry experience, laying a foundation for sustainable operation and giving back to the society.

【STUST's work "3D Printing Prosthetic Arm Using Eye Tracking and Artificial Intelligence Visual Recognition" won the certificate and trophy of the 2022 Future Technology Award.】