Annual Report 2021–22

42 香港中文大學年報 CUHK Annual Report 2021–2022 嶄新發明造福社會 Innovation for good CUHK researchers are bringing their creativity and ingenuity to today’s biggest challenges. CUHK’s Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering has invented a robot that is suited to minimally invasive surgery and more. This slimy fluid-based soft robot is characterised by its electrical conductivity and high adaptability. It opens up new possibilities for biomedical applications in the human digestive system. CUHK’s engineering team has developed an artificial intelligence navigation system that can allow millions of microrobots to behave like a bee swarm, autonomously reconfiguring their motion and distribution according to environmental changes. The system is set to be used in therapeutic applications, deploying microbots to perform crucial tasks like drug delivery in the human body without requiring surgeons to undertake specialised training. 中大機械與自動化工程學系團隊發明了黏彈性 極高且可導電的 「史萊姆」軟體機械人 。團隊 期望把此技術應用於微創手術等臨床醫學用 途，包括應用於人體消化系統。 中大工程學院成功開發一種 人工智能導航技 術 ，讓數以百萬計微型機械人可在人體內如蜜 蜂般成群結隊，具備自動躲避障礙物的自主巡 航能力，遊走複雜環境。此技術有望進一步推 動微型機械人在醫學上的臨床應用，例如在醫 生毋須接受特別操作培訓下，可利用微型機械 人把藥物直接輸送到病人體內。 中大工程學院成功開發一種人工智能導航技術，讓數以百萬計微型機械人可在人體內如蜜蜂般成群結隊，遊走複雜環境。 CUHK's engineering team has developed an artificial intelligence navigation system that can allow millions of microrobots to behave like a bee swarm in a complex environment.